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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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