因明三十三過之一。因之十四過之第五。六不定之一。即因用於宗同品並宗異品,有全分關係之法之過失也。因明入正理論所謂:「共者,如言聲常,所量性故,常無常品皆共此因,是故不定。為如瓶等,所量性故,聲是無常。為如空等,所量性故,聲是其常」是也。即共為所量性之因,於同宗品及異宗品,共有全分關係故,不能以此因決宗之常無常也。
sādhāraṇa; both indeterminate, i. e. one of the six indeterminates in Logic, 'when a thesis and its contradiction are both supported by equally valid reasons, ' e. g. 'that sound is not eternal, because it is a product, ' 'that it is eternal, because it is audible. ' Keith.
因明入正理論云:此中共者:如言聲常。所量性故。常無常品,皆共此因。是故不定。為如瓶等所量性故,聲是無常?為如空等所量性故,聲是其常。如疏六卷十一頁釋。