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[Shuddhabrata Sengupta]

Dear Gargi,

[The toilet cleaner consults his implements]

I think the device you are referring to, Gargi, (if I understand you 
correctly) is called 'Purva Paksha' in Sanskrit Rhetoric.

'Purva Paksha' (litrally the 'prior argument')basically implies an 
introductory exposition of the argument opposed to your own, for the 
sole purpose of demolishing it with the aid of critical reasoning, and 
in order to stage the supremacy of your own argument. You present the 
opposing argument, in order to demonstrate your reasons for forsaking it.

You have to be a very skilled dialectician to undertake the difficult 
exercise of 'Purva Paksha' because the argument you oppose has to be 
presented with consummate skill, only then can your own dismantling of 
that argument that you have yourself presented be considered a matter 
worthy of respect.

Hope this helps,

The toilet cleaner.