Ancient Indian Education (Brahmanical and Buddhist) c16.175

c16.175

**(b) Anumāna.** *Anumāna* is the method whereby the knowledge of one object is derived from the knowledge of another, as fire is known from smoke; where the object of knowledge cannot be directly perceived but may be understood as the effect of a cause (*hetugamya*). *Anumāna* reveals the generic attributes of an object rather than its specific ones, ' as in the case of the inference that Moon and Stars have motions because they change places, or that the Vindhya hills are devoid of motion because they are unable to change places.'