Anumāna
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Anumāna (T. rjes dpag/rjes su dpag pa, རྗེས་དཔག་; C. biliang), or valid inference, is defined as "a state of mind that knows its own particular object, a hidden phenomenon to be proven, based on evidence in which the three modes are complete".[1]
According to Dignaga, anumāna is one of two forms of valid cognition (pramana), the other being direct perception (pratyakṣa).[2]
Subdivisions
- Inference for oneself (svārthānumāna)
- Inference for others (parārthānumāna)
Or:
- dngos stobs (power of the thing)
- grags pa (known as)
- yid ches (belief, faith, trust)
Notes
- ↑ tshul gsum tshang ba'i rtags la brten nas rang yul lkog gyur gyi bsgrub bya rtogs pa'i blo
- ↑ Westerhoff 2018, Chapter 5.
Sources
Buswell, Robert E.; Lopez, Donald S. (2014), The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, Princeton University
Westerhoff, Jan (2018), The Golden Age of Indian Buddhist Philosophy, Oxford University Press
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