āpta-vacana

āptá-vākya

a correct sentence

āptá-vacana

āptôkti

a word of received acceptation andﾠ established by usage only

pramāṇa

measure of any kind (as size, extent, circumference, length, distance, weight, multitude, quantity, duration) KātyṠr. KaṭhUp. Mn. etc. (instr. « on an average» Jyot.);
prosodical length (of a vowel) Pāṇ. 1-1, 50 Sch. ;
measure in music MBh. ( Nīlak.);
accordance of the movements in dancing with music andﾠ song Saṃgīt. ;
measure of physical strength Ṡak. (cf. comp. below);
the first term in a rule of three sum Col.;
the measure of a square i.e. a side of it Ṡulbas. ;
principal, capital (opp. to interest) Col.;
right measure, standard, authority GṛṠrS. Mn. MBh. etc. ( pramāṇambhavatī, « your ladyship is the authority orﾠ must judge» Nal.;
in this sense alsoﾠ m. andﾠ f. sg. andﾠ pl. e.g.. vedāḥpramāṇāḥ, « the Vedas are authorities» MBh. ;
strīpramāṇīyeshām, they whose authority is a woman Pāṇ. Sch.);
a means of acquiring Pramā orﾠ certain knowledge (6 in the Vedânta, viz. pratyaksha, perception by the senses;
anumāna, inference;
upamāna, analogy orﾠ comparison;
ṡabda orﾠ āpta-vacana, verbal authority, revelation;
an-upalabdhi orﾠ abhāva-pratyaksha, non-perception orﾠ negative proof;
arthâ̱patti, inference from circumstances;
the Nyāya admits only 4, excluding the last two;
the Sāṃkhya only 3, viz. pratyaksha, anumāna andﾠ ṡabda;
other schools increase the number to 9 by adding sambhava, equivalence;
aitihya, tradition orﾠ fallible testimony;
andﾠ ceshṭā, gesture IW. 60 etc.. etc..);
any proof orﾠ testimony orﾠ evidence Yājñ. MBh. Kāv. etc.;
a correct notion, right perception (= pramā) Tarkas. ;
oneness, unity L. ;
= nitya L. ;
m. (cf. n.) N. of a large fig-tree on the bank of the Ganges MBh. ;
(ī) f. (cf. n.) N. of a metre Col
- प्रमाणकुशल
- प्रमाणकोटि
- प्रमाणखण्डन
- प्रमाणजाल
- प्रमाणज्ञ
- प्रमाणटीका
- प्रमाणतत्त्व
- प्रमाणतर
- प्रमाणतस्
- प्रमाणता
- प्रमाणत्व
- प्रमाणदर्पण
- प्रमाणदृष्ट
- प्रमाणनाममाला
- प्रमाणनिर्णय
- प्रमाणपत्त्र
- प्रमाणपथ
- प्रमाणपदार्थ
- प्रमाणपद्धति
- प्रमाणपल्लव
- प्रमाणपारायण
- प्रमाणपुरुष
- प्रमाणप्रमोद
- प्रमाणप्रवीण
- प्रमाणभक्ति
- प्रमाणभाष्यटीका
- प्रमाणभुत
- प्रमाणमञ्जरी
- प्रमाणमाला
- प्रमाणयुक्त
- प्रमाणरत्नमाला
- प्रमाणराशि
- प्रमाणलक्षण
- प्रमाणलक्षणपरीक्षा
- प्रमाणवत्
- प्रमाणवाक्य
- प्रमाणवार्त्तिक
- प्रमाणविनिश्चय
- प्रमाणशास्त्र
- प्रमाणसंग्रह
- प्रमाणसमुच्चय
- प्रमाणसार
- प्रमाणसिद्धि
- प्रमाणसूत्र
- प्रमाणस्थ

sv-āpta-vacana