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宗法

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Basic Meaning: the thesis property also found in its logical reason (pakṣadharma)

Senses:

  • A property shared by the thesis (pakṣa 宗) of an inference with the reason (hetu 因) and, sometimes the positive example (sapakṣa 同品). In the three-member inference (trairūpya, cf. 因三相) advanced by Buddhist logic, the thesis statement and the reason supporting it must share a common property, which is called the pakṣa-dharma, rendered literally into Chinese as 宗法 (pakṣa = 宗 = thesis; dharma = 法 = property). In the stock example of the three-membered inference:

    Thesis: Sound is impermanent.

    Reason: Because it is produced.

    Positive example: like a jar.

    The pakṣadharma is 'impermanence,' since whatever can be produced is impermanent and will eventually disintegrate or be destroyed. So the thesis and the reason share the property 'impermanence.' For a systematic overview including this term, see 能立. [Dan Lusthaus]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 494

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 494b

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 646c

    Fo Guang Dictionary 3149

    Ding Fubao {Digital Version}

    Index to the Bussho kaisetsu daijiten (Ono) 392

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.9-10)357a

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 820-1

    Soothill 256

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    Entry created: 2002-06-18

    Updated: 2019-12-01