Paper 1 · Logical Reasoning
'A water buffalo looks something like a cow, and such buffaloes are present in the countryside; on seeing a thing similar to a cow, one recognises it as a water buffalo.' This endorses the concept of
AAnumana
BUpamana ✓ Correct
CSabda
DPratimana
Correct answer: (B) Upamana — This endorses the concept of upamana, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★This endorses the concept of upamana, so that is the answer.
★Upamana is knowledge gained through similarity to a known thing.
★Recognising a buffalo by its likeness to a cow is exactly such comparison.
★It is not inference from a sign, nor verbal testimony.
★So the described process is upamana.
★So the answer is upamana.
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