pramanas

Wed Apr 22 08:02:27 UTC 2009

It would be good to know the context and the text in which these terms occur. Incidentally, the spelling does not look very Pali-like. The earliest occurrence of these terms in epistemological meanings I could think is the Caraka-Samhita. The next would be the Vaisheshika Sutra and the Nyaya Sutra.
Victor van Bijlert

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Onderwerp: pramanas

Dear All,

I've got a list of four pramāṇas in a Pāli text, these are:

pratyakṣa
anumāna
śabda
arthāpatti

Can anybody tell me, whether these four are typical for specific  
branches of Buddhist philosophy or perhaps other Indian philosophies?

Would be grateful for any information,
Petra Kieffer-Pülz

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