Studies in the History of Sanskrit Poetics v2.c84.83

v2.c84.83

²⁸ His treatment also is sometimes very curious. He makes poetic figures, for instance, out of the six *pramāṇas* of Jaimini (cf Māṇikyacandra on this point at p. 304). One of the results of this is that he has to admit the philosophical idea of *upamāna* (as a means of knowledge), in a poetic figure of that name, and distinguish it as a figure from the well known figure *upamā*.