Which of the following statements does NOT apply in the context of Anumana?
AAnumana is knowing something not by contact between the senses and worldly objects
BAnumana is not by direct observation
CAnumana is not through the medium of a sign ✓ Correct
DAnumana may be inference for oneself or inference for others
Correct answer: (C) Anumana is not through the medium of a sign
Explanation
The statement that anumana is not through the medium of a sign does not apply.
Anumana is precisely knowledge attained through a sign, the linga or hetu.
From perceiving smoke one infers fire by way of that mark.
It is indeed indirect, neither by sense-contact nor by direct observation.
It may also be for oneself or for others, so those descriptions do apply.
Only the denial of a mediating sign misdescribes anumana.
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