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The sixteen padarthas or categories identified by Goutama Muni in NYAYA SUTRAS -prama (valid

means of knowledge), prameya (objects of valid knowledge),saaya (doubt), prayojana (aim), dnta
(example), siddhnta (conclusion), avayava(members of syllogism), tarka (hypothetical reasoning),
niraya (settlement), vda (discussion),jalpa (wrangling), vita (cavilling), hetvbhsa (fallacy),
chala (quibbling), jti (sophisticatedrefutation) and nigrahasthna (point of defeat).

-VADA(DISCUSSION)
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