Which of the following schools accept perception and inference as their (only two) pramanas?

AThe Buddhist and Vaisheshika schools ✓ Correct

BThe Nyaya school

CThe Jain school

DAll of the above

Correct answer: (A) The Buddhist and Vaisheshika schools

Explanation

The Buddhists and the Vaisheshikas accept only perception and inference.

For them all valid cognition reduces to these two sources.

Verbal testimony is folded into inference rather than kept as separate.

Comparison likewise is not treated as an independent pramana.

Thus exactly two means of knowledge are admitted by both schools.

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