Again from the same book, A History of Indian Logic: Ancient, Mediaeval and Modern Schools by Satish Chandra Vidyabhusana. Tarka Sastra by Vasubandhu (it’s Chinese translation came in 550 AD making this book much older than that) lists out 22 different types of defeat in a discussion –
- Hurting the Proposition Pratijna Hani
- Shifting the Proposition Pratijnaantara
- Opposing the Proposition Pratijna virodha
- Renouncing the Proposition Pratijna sanyasa
- Shifting the Reason Hetvantara
- Shifting the Topic Arthantara
- The Meaningless Nirarthaka
- The Unintelligible Avijnanartha
- The Incoherent Apaarthaka
- The Inopportune Apraptakala
- Saying too little Nyunata
- Saying too much Adhika
- Repetition Punarukta
- Silence Ananubhashana
- Ignorance Ajnana
- Non-ingenuity Apratibha
- Evasion Vikshepa
- Admission of an Opinion Matanujna
- Overlooking the censurable Paryanuyojyopekshana
- Censuring the non-censurable Niryanuyojyanuyoga
- Deviating from a tenet Apasiddhanta
- The Semblance of a reason or fallacy Hetvabhasa
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