वितर्कः [vitarkḥ] 1 Argument, reasoning, inference.
Guess, conjecture, supposition, belief; शिरीषपुष्पाधिकसौकुमार्यौ बाहू तदीयाविति मे वितर्कः
[Ku.1.41.] Fancy, thought; राग- ग्राहवती वितर्कविहगा
[Bh.3.45.] Doubt; नुनोद तस्य स्थल- पद्मिनीगतं वितर्कम्
[Ki.4.5;13.2.] Deliberation, discussion.
A teacher in divine knowledge.
False or adverse conjecture; वितर्कं निश्चयाज्जयेत्
[Mb.12.274.11.] Purpose, intention. -Comp.
-पदवी the path of conjecture.