A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Pratijna
This page describes Pratijna which is located on page 558 of the second volume in the book: A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism by Swami Harshananda. This book, known as “a concise encyclopaedia of hinduism”, includes a vast amount of topics covering general aspects on Hinduism, but also contains important aspects regarding Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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You can look up the meaning of the phrase “Pratijna” according to 35 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 4 [by Surendranath Dasgupta]
(* 2) vivadenaiva pratijna-siddhau kutah parvato’gniman iti prashne agni-vyapta-dhumavattvad iti hetu-matrena va. Tarka-tandava (MS., p. io). (* 3) See Pramana-paddhati, pp. 48-79; also Tarka-tandava (MS., pp. 114 et seq.)....
Read full contents: Part 6 - Various Considerations regarding Inference
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 1 [by Surendranath Dasgupta]
These four represent the different modifications or states (vritti) of the same entity (which in itself is but a special kind of modification of ajnana as antahkarana). (* 3) Vedanta would have either pratijna, hetu and udaharana, or udaharana, upanaya and nigamana, and not all the five of Nyaya, viz. pratijna, hetu, udaharana, upanaya and nigamana. (* 4) Vedantic notions of the Pramana of upamana, arthapatti, shabda and anupalabdhi, being similar to the mimamsa view, do not require to be treated here...
Read full contents: Part 14 - Vedanta theory of Perception and Inference
The validity of Anumana (inference) in Nyaya system [by Babu C. D]
The latter has a five membered syllogism viz., pratijna, hetu, udaharana, upanaya and nigamana. Pratijna (preposition) — the hill is fiery Hetu (reason) — because it is smoky Udaharana (example) — wherever smoke exists, fire also exists as in kitchen. Upanaya (subsumptive correlative) — there is smoke on the hill....
Read full contents: Chapter 3.2 - Classifications of Inference (Anumana)
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