Predication

When the object is not truly perceived, when the observation is inaccurate and faulty, thought or reasoning based on that mistaken perception is of necessity false and unsound.

Sutra 9 Predication is carried on through words or thoughts not resting on an object perceived.

The purpose of this sutra is to distinguish between the mental process of predication and observation, induction, or testimony.

Predication is the attribution of a quality or action to a subject, by adding to it a predicate.

In the sentence, the man is wise, the man is the subject, is wise is the predicate.

This may be simply an interplay of thoughts, without the presence of the object thought of, or the things thought of may be imaginary or unreal, while observation, induction, and testimony always go back to an object.

Interpretation When the object is not truly perceived, when the observation is inaccurate and faulty, thought or reasoning based on that mistaken perception is of necessity false and unsound.

Predication is the attribution of a quality or action to a subject by adding to it a predicate.

In the sentence, the man is wise, the man is the subject, is wise is the predicate.

This may be simply an interplay of thoughts without the presence of the object thought of, or the things thought of may be imaginary or unreal, while observation, induction and testimony always go back to an object.

Interpretation When the object is not truly perceived, when the observation is inaccurate and faulty, thought or reasoning based on that mistaken perception is of necessity false and unsound.

Predication is the attribution of a quality or action to a subject by adding to it a predicate.

In the sentence, the man is wise, the man is the subject, is wise is the predicate.

This may be simply an interplay of thoughts without the presence of the object thought of, or the things thought of may be imaginary or unreal, while observation, induction and testimony always go back to an object.