A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Upamana
This page describes Upamana which is located on page 434 of the third 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 “Upamana” according to 49 books dealing with Hinduism. The following list shows a short preview of potential definitions.
The validity of Anumana (inference) in Nyaya system [by Babu C. D]
The Advaita recognizes all the six pramanas viz., pratyaksha (perception), anumana (inference), upmana (comparison), agama (scripture), arthapathi (presumption), and anupalabhdi (non-apprehension). The major schools of Vedanta are Advaita (Non dualism), Dvaita (Dualism), Dvaitadvaita (a combination of dualism and non-dualism), Vishishtadvaita (qualified non-dualism), and Shuddhadvaita (pure dualism)....
Read full contents: Chapter 2.5 - Pramanas in Vedanta Philosophy
Alamkaras mentioned by Vamana [by Pratim Bhattacharya]
For example, in “candramiva mukham pashyati” (He sees the face which is like the moon. ) the upameya is neuter while the upamana is masculine. This exception of rules is only permissible where the forms of the two words in two genders representing the upamana and the upameya are similar but in other cases like “induriva mukham bhati” (The face shines like the moon. ) the diversity of gender is not acceptable due to the difference of forms....
Read full contents: 1: Definition of Upama Alamkara
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 1 [by Surendranath Dasgupta]
Upamana, Arthapatti. Analogy (upamana) is accepted by Mimamsa in a sense which is different from that in which Nyaya took it. The man who has seen a cow (go) goes to the forest and sees a wild ox (gavaya), and apprehends the similarity of the gavaya with the go, and then cognizes the similarity of the go (which is not within the limits of his perception then) with the gavaya....
Read full contents: Part 10 - Upamana, Arthapatti
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