Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s7.t2.29

v1.c7.s7.t2.29

volume XV, suggesting that “valid knowledge can be obtained through the following eight means: (1) proposition, (2) cause, (3) example, (4) similarity, (5) dissimilarity, (6) perception, (7) inference, and (8) valid cognition. Here, the first five correspond to Hetuvidya, and the latter three are main categories of “pramana”. Volume XV explains each of them in details.