Unestablished Reason (असिद्ध हेतु )

Unestablished is subdivided into many categories. Let's see two of them.

• Unestablished with respect to the Paksha

In the argument,
'The Lotus in the sky has fragrance, because it is a flower like ordinary lotus'

Here the Paksha is 'Lotus in the sky'. But lotus doesn't exist in the sky. Thus the reason is unestablished with respect to the Paksha.

Examples

• Unestablished with respect to itself

An example for this type of defective reasoning is
'Sound is a quality because it is visible'

Sound doesn't have visibility. Thus even the reason is unestablished.

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