Vaijātya

small>By Swami Harshananda

Vaijātya literally means ‘of a different nature’.

This is one of the eleven kinds of tarka or logic. If somebody says that, since śabda^[1] and rupa^[2] are both indriya- grāhya^[3] let them be considered identical, the reply is that the sense-organs that perceive them^[4] being vijāti^[5] they are also different. This kind of argument is vaijātya.

References[edit]

↑ Śabda means sound.
↑ Rupa means form.
↑ Indriya-grāhya means perceived by the sense-organs.
↑ Here sense organs refer to the ear and the eye.
↑ Vijāti means of different natures.

The Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Swami Harshananda, Ram Krishna Math, Bangalore

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[1] Śabda means sound.

[2] Rupa means form.

[3] Indriya-grāhya means perceived by the sense-organs.

[4] Here sense organs refer to the ear and the eye.

[5] Vijāti means of different natures.

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