the three modes [of proof]; three-fold criteria {PH} Jeffrey, Perdue gives divisions as ""1) the property of the subject (pakṣa-dharma), 2) the forward pervasion (anvaya-vyāpti), 3) the counter-pervasion (vyatireka-vyāpti)""
threefold criteria [ggd]
three modes, {chos can yul,}; the three aspects [of a syllogism in logic], {phyogs chos}, {rjes khyab}, {ldog khyab}, {rtags kyi tshul gsum}. the three modes