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What type of anumana is the following one, in Nyaya-Epistemology?
Whatever is knowable is namable
The Pot is knowable
∴ It is namable.

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According to Kumarila, which of the following are different kind of Anumana?

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According to Nyaya which Pramana recognises absence?

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Who was the founder of 'Sakya-pa' lineage?

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According to Vaisesika School, Conjunction is regarded as

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According to Carvaka, Kama is ragarded as

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Match the following:
List-I List-II
a. Prabhakara 1. Triputi-Samirt
b. Kumarila 2. Anupalabdhi
c. Upanishads 3. Jnanakanda
d. Vaisesika 4. Dravya

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These are how many kinds of Jiva are they according to Jain's?

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"The total energy remains the same while the world is constantly evolving, cause and effect are only more or less evolved forms of the same ultimate energy" is the View upheld by

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Which type of hetvabhasa is committed by the following anumana? Select the correct answer. This animal must be a cow because it possesses horseness.

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Perception is 'unassociated with a name' is known as

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Given below are one Assertion (A) and a Reason (R). Cosider them and select the correct answer in the context of Carvaka philosophy.
Assertion (A) Pratyaksa is the only pramana.
Reason (R) Anumana is not a pramana.

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What according to Jain's does Jiva is regarded as?

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If two propositions with the same subject and predicate both can be true but both cannot be false, then the relation between them is

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Nimitta Karana is also known as

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Among which of the following does Carvaka believes in

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Given below are Assertion (A) and Reason(R). Consider them and select the correct answer in the context of Buddhism.
Assertion (A) Nirvana is momentry.
Reason (R) Sarvam Ksanikam Ksanikam.

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Who reduced Upamana to inference?

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In case of pot, the father of the potter is treated as

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Samkhya gives how many proofs for the existence of Prakriti?

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