Given below are two statements. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below.
Statement I:Naiyayikas define Upamana as the cognition of a new object through similarity, known by another means of cognition.
Statement II:Naiyayikas consider Upamana a type of inductive reasoning and so view it as only a type of inference.
ABoth Statement I and Statement II are correct
BBoth Statement I and Statement II are incorrect
CStatement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect ✓ Correct
DStatement I is incorrect but Statement II is correct
Correct answer: (C) Statement I is correct but Statement II is incorrect
Explanation
The definition of Upamana is right, but calling it merely a kind of inference is wrong, so Statement 1 holds and Statement 2 fails.
Naiyayikas define upamana as cognising a new object through its similarity to a known one.
The similarity is grasped with the help of a prior verbal description.
They keep upamana as an independent means of knowledge in its own right.
Reducing it to a form of inductive inference misstates the Nyaya position.
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