An Index to the Names in the Mahabharata, with Short Explanations and a Concordance to the Bombay and Calcutta Editions and P. C. Roy's Translation c5.s1.448.1

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every morning, and which was composed by Prajāpati at the end of his penances. Then he praised Çiva (δ) (XIII, 161-162).—§ 774: Vaiçampāyana said: After Kṛshṇa had said these words, Yudhishṭhira once more asked Bhīshma which of the two, perception (pratyaksham) or the scriptures (āgamaḥ), should be [regarded as] authoritative for arriving at a conclusion (kāraṇam bhavet). Bhīshma answered that to affirm that perception is the only authority (as some persons do) is foolish; that knowledge which is derived from reasoning can scarcely be said to be knowledge.—Asked by Yudhishṭhira as to [which of these four is most authoritative, viz.] perception (pratyaksham), inference (lokataḥ śiddhir, i.e. anumānam), the teaching of the scriptures (lokaç cāgamapūrvakaḥ), and the various kinds of good men's practice (çiṣṭācāro bahuvidhaḥ), he declared that as the might of unrighteous persons causes doubts to attach to perception, inference, and good conduct, good people who let themselves be led by the scriptures, and who are ever contented, should be resorted to for the solution of doubts.—As Yudhishṭhira remarked that, the veda, pratyaksha, and ācāra being all three pramāṇa (authority) [as to what is dharma, i.e. righteousness], the one dharma would become threefold, Bhīshma answered that dharma is really one, though capable of being viewed from three different points;