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.]