Pramanashastra, Pramāṇaśāstra, Pramana-shastra: 4 definitions
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The Sanskrit term Pramāṇaśāstra can be transliterated into English as Pramanasastra or Pramanashastra, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryPramāṇaśāstra (प्रमाणशास्त्र).—
1) scripture.
2) the science of logic.
Derivable forms: pramāṇaśāstram (प्रमाणशास्त्रम्).
Pramāṇaśāstra is a Sanskrit compound consisting of the terms pramāṇa and śāstra (शास्त्र).
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English DictionaryPramāṇaśāstra (प्रमाणशास्त्र).—n.
(-straṃ) Logic.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryPramāṇaśāstra (प्रमाणशास्त्र):—[=pramāṇa-śāstra] [from pramāṇa > pra-mā] n. any [work] of sacred authority, scripture, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
Kannada-English dictionary
Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpusPramāṇaśāstra (ಪ್ರಮಾಣಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ):—
1) [noun] the study of evidences, proofs, etc., in deciding a legal suit.
2) [noun] any work of sacred authority; a scripture.
Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.
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