Paper 1 · Logical Reasoning
UGC NET June 2024 Re-Exam (04.09.2024) Shift-II
According to classical Indian philosophy, the source of knowledge based on cognition of an object as similar to another object already known to the cognizer is called:
AShabda
BPratyaksha
CAnumana
DUpamana ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Upamana — It is upamana, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★It is upamana, so that is the answer.
★Upamana is knowledge by comparison or analogy.
★One knows a new object through its likeness to a known one.
★In Nyaya it is the third valid source of knowledge.
★So this description names upamana.
★Hence upamana is correct.
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