According to the classical Indian school of logic, knowledge resulting from prior knowledge of invariable concomitance between two objects is called
AArthapatti
BAnumana ✓ Correct
CUpamana
DAnupalabdhi
Correct answer: (B) Anumana
Explanation
Knowledge from prior grasp of invariable concomitance is Anumana.
Anumana is inference, mediated by a middle term or hetu.
The invariable concomitance between hetu and sadhya is vyapti.
Seeing smoke and recalling its constant tie to fire yields the inference.
Such vyapti-based knowledge is precisely Anumana.
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