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རིགས་པ། | Glossary of Terms

  • རིགས་པ།

  • rigs pa
  • yukti
  • Term
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  • principle of reason
  • རིགས་པ།
  • rigs pa
  • yukti
Definition in this text:

The four principles of reason (yukti) are : (1) the principle of reason based on dependence (apekṣāyukti), (2) the principle of reason based on cause and effect (kārya­kāraṇayukti), (3) the principle of reason based on logical proof (upa­pattisādhana­yukti), and (4) the principle of reason based on the nature of phenomena itself (dharmatāyukti).

On “principle of reason” as a translation for yukti, see Kapstein 1988, p. 152ff. See also Lin 2010 for an overview of yukti in Saṃdh.