○tas ind. equally, similarly, according to analogy BhP. KapS. Sāṃkhyak
• in general, generally Kaṇ. Suśr. BhP. Sch
• ([-to) -dRSTa]', n. (scil. anumāna
• in log.) a partic. kind of induction or inference (e.g. generalizing from every day occurrences
• accord. to the Sāṃkhya and Nyāya it furnishes evidence of what transcends the senses such as the paths of the heavenly bodies, the existence of air ether, soul, space, time &c.), generalization from particulars Nyāyad

Sanskrit-English Dictionary, by M. Monier William