RULE id: anumāna (537)
SOURCE: brihaddesi_sharma_1992 (vol_I_p091)
SCOPE: technical_term family, Brihaddesi (Mātaṅga ~750 CE)
CONCEPT: anumāna
STATUS: empirical

ASSERTIONS:
  - [definition] Anumāna (inference) is accepted as a pramāṇa by all Indian philosophical systems except the Carvaka system, and requires preceding perception of concomitance
    -- p.vol_I_p091 "All the systems of Indian philosophy except the Carvaka system, accept anumāna as a pramāņa. The Nyāya system has given its elaborate treatment. It has to be pr"

CITED_RULES:
  - carvaka system  (definition)
  - nyāya  (definition)
  - pramāņa  (definition)

CONFIDENCE: empirical
PROTECT: false