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18 Nov, 5 tweets, 1 min read
Tarka Sastra by Vasubandhu lists out 22 different types of defeat in a discussion

Pratijna Hani: Hurting the Proposition
Pratijnaantara: Shifting the Proposition
Pratijna Virodha: Opposing the Proposition
Pratijna Sanyasa: Renouncing the Proposition
Hetvantara: Shifting the Reason
Arthantara: Shifting the Topic
Nirarthaka: The Meaningless
Avijnanartha: The Unintelligible
Apaarthaka: The Incoherent
Apraptakala: The Inopportune
Nyunata: Saying too little
Adhika: Saying too much
Punarukta: Repetition
Ananubhashana: Silence
Ajnana: Ignorance
Apratibha: Non-ingenuity
Vikshepa: Evasion
Matanujna: Admission of an Opinion
Paryanuyojyopekshana: Overlooking the censurable
Niryanuyojyanuyoga: Censuring the non-censurable
Apasiddhanta: Deviating from a tenet
Hetvabhasa: The Semblance of a reason or fallacy
Synopsis: A debate is over the minute one of the parties violate one of these principles. If it's crossing that point, it will only result in bad blood. Any such spat, just avoid like hell. And this is exactly what we failed to do in the recent spat.

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