Paper 1 · Logical Reasoning
According to Kumarila Bhatta, anupalabdhi (non-apprehension) as the sixth independent source of knowledge consists in the presentative knowledge of
ANegative facts ✓ Correct
BPositive facts
CBoth negative and positive facts
DNeither negative nor positive facts
Correct answer: (A) Negative facts — Anupalabdhi gives knowledge of negative facts, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★Anupalabdhi gives knowledge of negative facts, so that is the answer.
★It is the means by which we know the absence of something.
★The non-apprehension of an object yields knowledge that it is not there.
★Kumarila Bhatta accepts this as a sixth, independent pramana.
★So it concerns negative facts, that is absences.
★So the answer is negative facts.
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