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38: Śramana, Vol 63, No. 2, April-June 2012
References:
1. (A). Acārya Vādidevasūri says
I. Samäropa or superimposition consists in determining a matter to be what it is not.-'Pramāṇa-Naya-Tattvälokālankara', 1/7, trans. H. S. Bhattacharya, Jain Sahitya Vikasmandal Bombay, 1967, P.37
(B). Tanniścayatmakam
II. That (knowledge) is essentially valid (or certain) as it is opposed to Samaropa or supreme position, or, as it is pramāṇa.-Ibid, 1/6, P.29 samāropaviruddhatvādanumānavat.--Parīkṣāmukha, Acārya Manikyanandi, I/3, editor- Dr.Yogeshchandra Jain, Pandit Todaramal Smarak Trust, Jaipur, 3rd edition, 2009, p.12
Tad dvibhedam pratyakṣam caparokṣam ca.
'Pramana-Naya-Tattvālokālankära'.-op. cit., II/1, P.89
3. Tad dviprākaram sämvyavahārikam pārmārthikam ca.-Ibid, II/
4, P.98
4. Tatradyam dvividhamindriyanibandhanam
anindriyanibandhanam ca. -Ibid, II/5, P.98 Etad dvitiyamavagrahehāvāyadhāraṇābhedadekaśascaturvikalpakam.-Ibid, II/6, P.99
(A) Aspastam parokṣam. Smaraṇapratyabhijñāna
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5.
6.
tarkänumānāgamabhedatpañcaprakārakam.-op. cit., III/1-2,
P.165
(B) Parokṣamitarat. Pratyakṣādinimittam smrtipratyabhijñānatarkānumānāgambhedam. -Parīkṣāmukha-Ibid, III/1-2
7.
It is only a general outline of varieties of pramānas. For detailed information, from beginning to Contemporary thinkers, please see the book 'Recollection, Recognition and Reasoning' by Prof. S.S. Antarkar, Prof. P.P. Gokhale. Prof. Meenal Katarnikar published by Sri Satguru Publication, Indian Book Centre, Delhi, 2011.
8. Bhattacharya, H.M., Jain Logic and Epistemology, KP Bagachi & Company, Culcutta, 1994, p.194
