Takka
Takka,1 [Sk.tarka doubt; science of logic (lit.“turning & twisting”) *treik,cp.Lat.tricæ,intricare (to “trick,” puzzle),& also Sk.tarku bobbin,spindle,Lat.torqueo (torture,turn)] doubt; a doubtful view (often= diṭṭhi,appl.like sammā°,micchā-diṭṭhi),hair-splitting reasoning,sophistry (=itihītihaṁ Nd2 151).Opp.to takka (=micchā-saṅkappo Vbh.86,356) is dhammatakka right thought (:vuccati sammā-saṅkappo Nd2 318; cp.Dhs.7,298),D.I,16 (°pariyāhata); M.I,68 (id.); Sn.209 (°ṁ pahāya na upeti saṅkhaṁ) 885 (doubt),886; Dhs.7,21,298 (+vitakka,trsl.as “ratiocination” by Mrs.Rh.D.); Vbh.86,237 (sammā°) 356; Vism.189.See also vitakka.
--āgama the way of (right) thought,the discipline of correct reasoning Dāvs.V,22; --âvacara as neg.atakkâvacarâ in phrase dhammā gambhīrā duddasā a° nipuṇā (views,etc.) deep,difficult to know,beyond logic (or sophistry:i.e.not accessible to doubt?),profound Vin.I,4=D.I,12=S.I,136=M.I,487.Gogerley trsl.“unattainable by reasoning,” Andersen “being beyond the sphere of thought”; --āsaya room for doubt Sn.972; --gahaṇa the thicket of doubt or sophistry J.I,97; --vaḍḍhana increasing,furthering doubt or wrong ideas Sn.1084 (see Nd2 269); --hetu ground for doubt (or reasoning?) A.II,193=Nd2 151.(Page 292)