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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).
Jeevan Pramaan is an Indian Life Certificate program affiliated with Aadhaar for people with pensions. [1] It was started by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 10 November 2014. [2] [3]
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 ...
Sikh texts mention Varna as Varan, and Jati as Zat or Zat-biradari. Eleanor Nesbitt, a professor of Religion and specialising in Christian, Hindu and Sikh studies, states that the Varan is described as a class system in 18th- to 20th-century Sikh literature, while Zat reflected the endogamous occupational groups (caste).
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 nationwide effort by Indian physicists to disseminate their best efforts in physics.
Muni Pramansagar is a known scholar of Hindi, Sanskrit, Prakrit and English languages. He has authored several books on Jainism and Jain philosophy as listed:- Jain Dharm Aur Darshan, Jain Tattv Vidya, [14] Divya Jeevan Ka Dwar, [15] Jyotirmay Jeevan, Jeevan Utkarsh Ka Aadhaar, Lakshya Jeevan Ka, Antas Ki Aankhen, Jeevan Ki Sanjeevani, Jain Siddhant Shikshan, Path Pade Nav Jeevan Ka, Andaaj ...
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Certain scholars of caste have considered jati to have its basis in religion, assuming that the sacred elements of life in India envelop the secular aspects; for example, the anthropologist Louis Dumont described the ritual rankings that exist within the jati system as being based on the concepts of religious purity and pollution. This view has ...