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Results for तण्डा
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Apte Dictionary
V. S. Apte, The Practical Sanskrit–English Dictionary
वितण्डाvitaṇḍā1 A captious objection, idle carping a frivolous or fallacious argument or controversy one of the sixteen…
1 A captious objection, idle carping a frivolous or fallacious argument or controversy one of the sixteen padārthas or categories in Nyāya philosophy); स (जल्पः) प्रतिपक्षस्थापनाहीनो वितण्डा Gaut. S.
वितण्डाvitaṇḍāf. cavil, captious objection, fallacious controversy, perverse or frivolous argument (esp. in Nya1ya न्याय…
feminine cavil, captious objection, fallacious controversy, perverse or frivolous argument (especially in Nya1ya न्याय, "idly carping at the arguments or assertions of another without attempting to prove the opposite side of the question" confer, compare IW. 64) Nya1yas. (695453 -त्वneuter genderScholiast or Commentator) Sarvad. MBh. etc.