RULE id: vyāpti-graha (2112) SOURCE: brihaddesi_sharma_1992 (vol_I_p019, vol_I_p091) SCOPE: technical_term family, Brihaddesi (Mātaṅga ~750 CE) CONCEPT: vyāpti-graha STATUS: empirical ASSERTIONS: - [definition] Vyāpti-grahaņa (comprehension of concomitance) is a pramāņa used in inference (anumāna) to establish relationships -- p.vol_I_p019 "by the pramāņa presuming vyāpti-grahaņa, (the comprehension of concomitance, i.e. anumāna,56 inference)" - [definition] Vyāpti-graha (apprehension of universal concomitance) is a necessary presupposition of anumāna, expressed as 'wherever there is smoke, there is fire' -- p.vol_I_p091 "This inference presumes or is preceded by vyāpti-graha (apprehension of universal concomitance) which is thus expressed - Wherever there is smoke, there is fire" CITED_RULES: - anumāna (definition) CONFIDENCE: empirical PROTECT: false