Disclaimer: This translation does not guarantee complete accuracy, please confirm with the original page text.
Tattvārthasūtra
Pramāṇa is a group of many. This is because naya perceives an object from one perspective, whereas pramāṇa perceives it from multiple perspectives. [6]
Now, for the broad knowledge of that, several aspects are defined through contemplation:
निर्देशस्वामित्वसाधनाधिकरणस्थितिविधानतः। ७। सत्संख्याक्षेत्रस्पर्शनकालान्तरभावाल्पबहुत्वैश्च। ८।
Through direction, ownership, means, authority, position, and provision — and through truth, number, field, touch, time, distance, essence, and minimality, knowledge about the subject of right perception is obtained.
Whenever any seeker encounters some new thing, such as an aircraft or something similar, and hears its name, their inquisitiveness is sparked. Consequently, they begin to pose various questions regarding the object they have not seen or heard of before.
1. When one enters any object, acquiring information about it and contemplating it is essential. The main means to do this is to ask various questions about the object. Entering an object is considered valid in proportion to the clarity gained from the questions asked. Therefore, questions are the means of entering into the object, that is, delving deeper into it through contemplation. Hence, to understand contemplation as a means, it is appropriate to perceive it as questions. In the scriptures, they are called anugadvara. Anuga refers to definition or description, and through it means those questions.