Which of the following terms is used for the word 'probandum'?

ASadhya ✓ Correct

BVyapti

CHetu

DAnumana

Correct answer: (A) Sadhya

Explanation

The term for the probandum is Sadhya.

The probandum is what an inference sets out to prove.

In the Nyaya scheme this is the property established in the subject.

It is the major property whose presence in the paksha the reason establishes.

Naming what is to be proved, Sadhya answers to the probandum.

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