Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s7.t2.38

v1.c7.s7.t2.38

“Inference” actually is a major component of Hetuvidya, and the *Yogacarabhumi-sastra* divides it into a number of categories, “inference means thinking and identifying all possibilities that have been thought or should be thought, and has five types: inference from appearance, inference from the corporeal, inference from action, inference from recognised law, and inference from cause and effect.” The *Nyaya Sutra* also mentions “inference”, but with a description very different from that of the *Yogacarabhumi-sastra*.