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Judgment.
canons that a Judgment must obey in order The observance of which
ich that it might be true. A good and correct is essential to the
Judgment has some responsibility, and this formation of a correct responsibility takes on the form of rules,
laws and canons that a Judgment must obey, or else be an untrue or false claimant of the respective demands. To disobey these rules would, therefore, be tantamount to treason to knowledge itself.
We have already dwelt on the first two elements of Judgment. We are now to deal with the third one, or the laws and canons for the formation of correct Judgment.
Students of Indian systems of thought Etymolo all know that the word pramâna (QAT) gical: signi
originally meant an instrument of measurement-from mån-to measure and pra-forth. It may be translated as a measured, standard authority.
But the pramåna which serves as a Function of means (199) of determination pro
duces pramiti (afafa) which means accurate or right knowledge, just as sådhan (means) produces siddhi (truth or certainty).
This pramana is a means of information and determination and has variously
ficance of Pramån.
Praman.
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