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While the
number of
pramanas varies widely from
system to system, many
ancient and
medieval Indian texts identify six
pramanas as
correct means of accurate...
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Pramāṇa-samuccaya (Compendium of Epistemology) is a
Buddhist philosophical treatise focusing on
epistemology (
pramana) by Dignāga, an
Indian Buddhist...
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epistemology of Yoga philosophy, like the Sāmkhya school,
relies on
three of six
Pramanas as the
means of
gaining reliable knowledge.
These include Pratyakṣa (perception)...
- on epistemology, with
different number of
Pramanas. For example,
compared to Nyāya school's four
pramanas,
Carvaka school has just one (perception),...
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defended the
validity of only two
pramāṇas (instruments of knowledge),
perception and inference, in his
magnum opus, the
Pramāṇa-samuccaya. His
theory does not...
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Pramana –
Journal of Physics, was
launched in July 1973.
Pramana (which in
Sanskrit means "source of
valid knowledge, a standard") is the
outcome of a...
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knowledge Pramana, the
cause or the
means of
knowledge Prameya, the
object of
knowledge In
Vishishtadvaita Vedanta, only the
following three pramanas are accepted...
- of
knowledge or
Pramana.
Unlike few
other schools of
Hinduism such as
Advaita Vedanta, Yoga did not
adopt the
following three Pramanas: Upamāṇa (comparison...
- basis, foundation, understand", with
pramāṇa being a
further nominalization of the word. Thus, the
concept Pramāṇa implies that
which is a "means of acquiring...
- "non-perception" as a
pramana. The
schools that
endorsed Anupalabdi affirmed that it as
valid and
useful when the
other five
pramanas fail in one's pursuit...
