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प्रमाण f. n. (ifc. f(आ). ) measure, scale, standard
measure of any kind (as size, extent, circumference, length, distance, weight, multitude, quantity, duration), KātyŚr.; [KaṭhUp.] ; [Mn.] &c. (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 and song, [Saṃgīt.]
measure of physical strength, [Śak.] (cf. comp. below)
the first term in a rule of three sum, [Col.]
the measure of a square i.e. a side of it, [Śulbas.]
principal, capital (opp. to interest), [Col.]
प्रमाणम् भवती f. right measure, standard, authority, [GṛŚrS.] ; [Mn.] ; [MBh.] &c. (, ‘your ladyship is the authority or must judge’ [Nal.] ; in this sense also m. and f.sg. and pl. e.g. वेदाः प्रमाणाः, ‘the वेदs are authorities’ [MBh.] ; स्त्री प्रमाणी येषाम्, ‘they whose authority is a woman’ [Pāṇ.] Sch. )
प्रत्यक्ष a means of acquiring प्रमा or certain knowledge (6 in the वेदान्त, viz. , perception by the senses; अनुमान, inference; उपमान, analogy or comparison; शब्द or आप्त-वचन, verbal authority, revelation; अन्-उपलब्धि or अभाव-प्रत्यक्ष, non-perception or negative proof; अर्था-पत्ति, inference from circumstances; the न्याय admits only 4, excluding the last two; the सांख्य only 3, viz. , अनुमान and शब्द; other schools increase the number to 9 by adding सम्भव, equivalence; ऐतिह्य, tradition or fallible testimony; and चेष्टा, gesture, [IW. 60 &c. &c.] )
any proof or testimony or evidence, [Yājñ.] ; [MBh.] ; [Kāv.] &c.
प्रमा a correct notion, right perception (= ), [Tarkas.]
oneness, unity, [L.]
नित्य = , [L.]
प्रमाण n. m. (cf. n.) N. of a large fig-tree on the bank of the Ganges, [MBh.]
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