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Which of the following accepts only the two pramanas of pratyaksha-pramana and paroksha-pramana?

AThe Buddhists
BThe Nyaya school
CJainism ✓ Correct
DThe Vaisheshikas
Correct answer: (C) Jainism
Explanation

Jainism classifies all knowledge as either pratyaksha (direct) or paroksha (indirect).

Pratyaksha is cognition arising without the mediation of senses or signs.

Paroksha covers inference, testimony, recollection and all mediated knowing.

Every recognised source falls under one of these two heads.

This twofold scheme is the distinctive Jaina division of pramana.

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