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pakṣatā

pakṣa—tā f. partisanship, adherence to a party (°tāṃ-√ gam, with gen. ‘to take the side of’), [MBh.]

(in phil.) the taking up a side or argument

maintaining or defending a thesis

the essential nature of a proposition

the being the premiss to be proved

N. of sev. works.