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Pratiyogi

From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia

By Swami Harshananda

Pratiyogi literally means ‘that which is the opposite’.

This is a technical term used in philosophical systems like the Vaiśeṣika of the sage Kaṇāda where abhāva or non-existence of a thing is also considered as a padārtha or category.

In a particular place which is empty there is no ghata or pot. Hence we should accept that there is the abhāva[1] of the ghaṭa. The opposite of the ghaṭābhāva[2] is the pot, which is brought and kept there. Once this is done, the ghaṭābhāva disappears. Hence the pot is called the ‘pratiyogi’ of the absence of the pot.


References[edit]

  1. ↑ Abhāva means nonexistence.
  2. ↑ Ghaṭābhāva means the absence of the pot.
  • The Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism, Swami Harshananda, Ram Krishna Math, Bangalore

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