As a Hindi name
हेत्वाभास · noun · masculine
न्याय में किसी बात को सिद्ध करने के लिये उपस्थित किया हुआ वह कारण जो कारण सा प्रतीत होता हुआ भी ठीक कारण न हो । असत् हेतु — Śabdasāgara
As a Sanskrit word
Meaning
a mere appearance of a reason, fallacious semblance of an argument, fallacious middle term, fallacy (said to be of 5 kinds, viz. vyabhicāra or sa-vyobhicāra, viruddha, asiddha, sat…
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Dictionary citations
hetv—ābhāsa m. (in logic) a mere appearance of a reason, fallacious semblance of an argument, fallacious middle term, fallacy (said to be of 5 kinds, viz. vyabhicāra or sa-vyobhicāra, viruddha, asiddha, sat-pratipakṣa, bādha or bādhita), Nyāyas.; Tarkas.; Sarvad.
N. of various works.
hetvābhāsa m. (-saḥ) (In logic,) Fallacious semblance of reason or argument, assignment of proof or cause which can be shewn to be incorrect; various kinds are specified. E. hetu, and ābhāsa semblance.
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