Charak Samhita

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अथप्रतिष्ठापना- प्रतिष्ठापनानामयातस्याएवपरप्रतिज्ञायाविपरीतार्थस्थापना| यथा- अनित्यःपुरुषइतिप्रतिज्ञा; हेतुः- ऐन्द्रियकत्वादिति; दृष्टान्तः- यथाघटइति, उपनयो- यथाघटऐन्द्रियकःचानित्यः, तथाचायमिति; निगमनं- तस्मादनित्यइति ||३२||

sanskrit

[10. Pratishthapana (counter-assertion)] Pratishthapana is giving a contrary statement to the opponent’s proposition. For instance, ‘self is non-eternal’ is proposition (pratijna); reason (hetu) is-‘because of being perceived by senses’; instance (drishtanta) is – ‘as pitcher’; correlation (upanaya) is – ‘as pitcher is perceived by senses and is non-eternal so is ‘self’; conclusion (nigamana) is – therefore, self is non eternal.

english translation

athapratiSThApanA- pratiSThApanAnAmayAtasyAevaparapratijJAyAviparItArthasthApanA| yathA- anityaHpuruSaitipratijJA; hetuH- aindriyakatvAditi; dRSTAntaH- yathAghaTaiti, upanayo- yathAghaTaaindriyakaHcAnityaH, tathAcAyamiti; nigamanaM- tasmAdanityaiti ||32||

hk transliteration