Citations:trilemma


 * 2010, Piotr Balcerowicz (editor), Logic and Belief in Indian Philosophy, Publishers, ISBN 8120834461 (10), ISBN 9788120834460 (13), page 150:
 * Ṭhāṇ 3.239 offers also a trilemma: (1) to state the truth (tavvayaṇa ), (2) to state the untruth (tadaṇṇavayaṇa ), (3) to state something meaningless or negative (no-avayaṇa ); Ṭhāṇ 7.129 a heptalemma: (1) speech (ālāva <ālāpa>), (2) taciturnity (aṇ-ālāva ), (3) flattery (ullāva ), (4) insult (aṇ-ullāva ), (5) dialogue (saṁlāva ), (6) prattle (palāva ), (7) contradiction (vi-ppalāva ).