(p. 449) tarka a debate, an argument; reasoning; logic (তর্কশাস্ত্র); cause; discussion; consideration (মনে মনে তর্ক); dispute, controversy; altercation; doubt; assumption. তর্ক করা v. to debate; to argue; to reason; to discuss, to consider; to dispute; to altercate, to bandy words. ̃কারী a. & n. one who debates or argues or reasons or considers or disputes or altercates or bandies words; one who chops logic. ̃জাল n. array of arguments; (derog.) cobweb of argument. ̃বিজ্ঞান, ̃বিদ্যা, ̃শাস্ত্র n. logic. ̃বিতর্ক n. debate; altercation; arguments; bandying of words. ̃যুদ্ধ n. war of words. ̃যোগ্য a. arguable; debatable; controversial. ̃সাধ্য a. arguable; disputable; debatable. তর্কাতর্কি same as তর্কবিতর্ক । তর্কাভাস n. sophistry; a sophism. তর্কের খাতিরে adv. for the sake of argument. 74)
