Purva-Mimamsa in its Sources c16.s2.2

c16.s2.2

[*Rjuvimalā*, p. 95]—*Question*—“What is that Means of Knowledge by which we obtain the right knowledge of the permanent and unfailing character of the said relationship? It cannot be known through Perception, which is operative only in regard to the things in the *present* and in contact with the Sense-Organs. Nor could it be known through Inference or Presumption, as both of these also would, in their turn, depend upon like relationships, which would thus involve an infinite regress.—Nor lastly could it be known through Perception obtained through the instrumentality of the Mind alone (irrespectively of Sense-Contact); because if the Mind alone by itself were to bring about such Cognitions, then men would become omniscient; and there would be no limitation upon the reach and functioning of the Mind.”