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Pramana (Sanskrit: प्रमाणम्; IAST: Pramāṇam) literally means "proof" and "means of knowledge". One of the core concepts in Indian epistemology, pramanas are one or more reliable and valid means by which human beings gain accurate, true knowledge. The focus of pramana is how correct knowledge can be acquired, how one knows, how one does not know, and to…
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pramana | Samkhya | Kapila | 1.00 | infobox |
| Pramana | Secular | Valluvar | 1.00 | infobox |
| Pramana | Vaisheshika | Kaṇāda, Prashastapada | 1.00 | infobox |
| Pramana | Yoga | Patanjali | 1.00 | infobox |
| by Vedvyasa | instance of | In some texts | 0.80 | text |
| ten pramanas are discussed | instance of | In some texts | 0.80 | text |
| Krtakoti discusses eight epistemically reliable means to correct knowledge | instance of | In some texts | 0.80 | text |
| deriving the time of a future sunrise or sunset | instance of | in cases | 0.80 | text |
| this method was asserted by the proponents to be reliable | instance of | in cases | 0.80 | text |
| Pramana | related to Acceptance per school | Different | 0.60 | section |
| Pramana | related to Acceptance per school | Hindu | 0.60 | section |
| Pramana | related to Buddhism | According | 0.60 | section |
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