Tantra yukti is the methodology and technique which enables one to compose and interpret scientific treatises correctly and intelligently. It is the systematic approach to a scientific subject that enables one to clearly elucidate the matter in hand.
Tantra yukti ( Suśruta 32 – Caraka & Vāgbhaṭa 36 – Cakrapāṇi 40 in number)
- Adhikaraṇa (subject matter)
- Yoga (arrangement)
- Hetvārtha (extention of argument)
- Padārtha (import of words)
- Pradeśa (poetic adumbration)
- Uddheśa (concise statement)
- Nirdeśa (amplification)
- Vākyaśeṣa (supply of ellipsis)
- Prayojana (purpose)
- Upadeśa (instruction)
- Apadeśa (advancement of reason)
- Atideśa (indication)
- Arthāpatti (implication)
- Nirṇaya (decision)
- Prasaṅga (restatement)
- Ekānta (categorical statement)
- Naikānta / anekānta / anekārtha (comprising statement)
- Apavarga / apavarja (exception)
- Viparyaya (opposite)
- Pūrvapakṣa (objection)
- Vidhāna (right interpretation)
- Anumata (concession)
- Vyākhyāna (explanation)
- Samśaya (doubt)
- Atītāpekṣaṇa / atītavekṣaṇa (retrospective reference)
- Anāgatāvekṣaṇa (prospective reference)
- Svasaṁjñā (technical nomenclature)
- Ūhya (deduction)
- Samuccaya (specification)
- Nidarśana (illustration)
- Nirvacana (definition)
- Niyoga / sanniyoga (injunction)
- Vikalpana (option)
- Pratyutsāra / pratyucāra (rebuttal)
- Uddhāra (reaffirmation)
- Sambhava (possibility)
- Paripraśna (question and answer)
- Vyākaraṇa (grammar)
- Vyutkrāntabhidāna (transgression)
- Hetu (purpose)
A book or course should also be equipped with 18 tantra guṇas (merits) and devoid of 15 tantra doṣas (demerits).
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