sāmānyatodfśwa | सामान्यतोद्फ़्श्wअ | sAmAnyatodfzwa
sāmānya—˚to-dfśwa | सामान्य—˚तो-द्फ़्श्wअ | n. (scil. anumāna | अनुमान |; in log.) a partic. kind of induction or inference (e.g. generalizing from every day occurrences; accord. to the Sāṃkhya and Nyāya it furnishes evidence of what transcends the senses such as the paths of the heavenly bodies, the existence of air ether, soul, space, time &c.), generalization from particulars, Nyāyad.