Sadhya

(“to be proved”) Element in the accepted form of an inference (anumana) in
Indian philosophy. An acceptable inference has three terms: an assertion
(pratijna), a reason (hetu), and examples (drshtanta); each of these three has
its own constituent parts. The sadhya is,
along with the paksha, one of the two
parts of the assertion. The paksha is the
subject of the hypothesis and names a
class of things, while the sadhya contains the claim to be proven about that
class. In the standard example, in which
the hypothesis is “this mountain is on
fire,” the paksha is “this mountain” (the
class of things about which a claim is
being made); and the sadhya, or thing to
be proven, is “is on fire.”