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Hinduism identifies six pramanas as correct means of accurate knowledge and to truths: Pratyakṣa (evidence/ perception), Anumāna (inference), Upamāna (comparison and analogy), Arthāpatti (postulation, derivation from circumstances), Anupalabdhi (non-perception, negative/cognitive proof) and Śabda (word, testimony of past or present reliable experts).
With regard to sāstra pramāṇam is refers to the authority to the Vedic scriptures, as expressed in Bhagavadgita chapter 16, verse 24, where Krishna commands Arjuna to follow the authority of the scriptures: [8] [9] tasmāt śāstraṁ pramāṇam te kāryākārya vyavasthitau jñātvā śāstravidhānoktam karma kartumihārhasi
[9] "Leipak maiba khurai tang Ningthau maiba chirai tang" "The maiba of the land has bald knees. The maiba of the king has a bald head." [9] "Ayingbabu shahanba ngammi Ashababu enghanba ngamde" "What is cold can be made hot. But the hot cannot be made cold." [10] "Mitki hidak eshing yagi hidak thum Yumgi pangal faklang meegi pangal khwang"
The first chapter (the svarthanumana chapter) discusses the structure and types of formal inference and the apoha (exclusion) theory of meaning. Dan Arnold writes that apoha is: "the idea that concepts are more precise or determinate (more contentful) just to the extent that they exclude more from their purview; the scope of cat is narrower than that of mammal just insofar as the former ...
[9] Naiyyayika scholars approached philosophy as a form of direct realism , stating that anything that really exists is in principle humanly knowable. To them, correct knowledge and understanding is different from simple, reflexive cognition; it requires Anuvyavasaya (अनुव्यवसाय, cross-examination of cognition, reflective ...
Anupalabdhi or abhāvapramāṇa is the Pramana of Non-perception admitted by Kumārila for the perception of non-existence of a thing. He holds that the non-existence of a thing cannot be perceived by the senses for there is nothing with which the senses could come into contact in order to perceive the non-existence.
While original letters written by Nehru were in English, they were translated into Hindi by the Hindi novelist Munshi Premchand under the name Pita Ke Patra Putri Ke Naam. [citation needed] In 2014, a Spanish translation with the title "Cartas a mi hija Indira" (Letters to my daughter Indira), was released by Rodolfo Zamora. Five additional ...
The Ānāpānasati Sutta or Ānāpānasmṛti Sūtra (), "Breath-Mindfulness Discourse," Majjhima Nikaya 118, is a discourse that details the Buddha's instruction on using awareness of the breath as an initial focus for meditation.