अनुमानं (anumAnaM)
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Apte 1890
Englishअनुमानं 1 Inferring as the instrument of an अनुमिति, conclusion from given premises
an inference, conclusion
one of the four means of obtaining knowledge according to the Nyāya system
(अनुमितिकरणमनुमानं तच्च धूमो वह्निव्याप्य इति व्याप्तिज्ञानं. It is of two kinds स्वार्थानुमानं & परार्थानुमानं)
प्रत्यक्षं चानुमानं च शास्त्रं च विविधागमं । त्रयं सुविदितं कार्यं धर्मशुद्धिमभीप्सता ॥ Ms. 12. 105.
2 A guess, conjecture, sign to know
इंगितैरनुमानैश्च मया ज्ञेया भविष्यति Rām.
3 Analogy, similarity
आत्मनो हृदयानुमानेन प्रेक्षसे Ś. 5 you judge (of others) by the analogy of your own heart
स्वानुमानात्कादंबरीमुत्प्रेक्ष्य K. 305.
4 (In Rhet.) A figure which consists in a notion, expressed in a peculiarly striking manner, of a thing established by proof
S. D. 711
यत्र पतत्यबलानां दृष्टिर्निशिताः पतंति तत्र शराः । तच्चापरोपितशरो धावत्यासां पुरः स्मरो मन्ये ॥ अनुमानं तदुक्तं यत्साध्यसाधनयोर्वचः K. P. 10.
Comp.
उक्ति f. reasoning
logical inference.
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