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'''Valid inference''' (Skt. ''anumāna''; Wyl. [[རྗེས་དཔག་]], ''rjes dpag tshad ma'') is defined as "a state of mind that knows its own particular object, a hidden phenomenon to be proven, based on evidence in which the [[three modes]] are complete".<ref>''tshul gsum tshang ba'i rtags la brten nas rang yul lkog gyur gyi bsgrub bya rtogs pa'i blo''</ref> | '''Valid inference''' (Skt. ''anumāna''; Wyl. [[རྗེས་དཔག་]], ''jepak tsema'', ''rjes dpag tshad ma'') is defined as "a state of mind that knows its own particular object, a hidden phenomenon to be proven, based on evidence in which the [[three modes]] are complete".<ref>''tshul gsum tshang ba'i rtags la brten nas rang yul lkog gyur gyi bsgrub bya rtogs pa'i blo''</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 18:36, 25 November 2017
Valid inference (Skt. anumāna; Wyl. རྗེས་དཔག་, jepak tsema, rjes dpag tshad ma) is defined as "a state of mind that knows its own particular object, a hidden phenomenon to be proven, based on evidence in which the three modes are complete".[1]
Subdivisions
- Inference for oneself (svārthamāna; rang don rjes dpag)
- Inference for others (parārthānumāna; gzhan don rjes dpag)
Or:
- dngos stobs
- grags pa
- yid ches
Notes
- ↑ tshul gsum tshang ba'i rtags la brten nas rang yul lkog gyur gyi bsgrub bya rtogs pa'i blo