arthapatti

Hinduism
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Sanskrit:
“the incidence of a case”
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implication
pramana

arthapatti, in Indian philosophy, the fifth of the five means of knowledge (pramana) by which one obtains accurate knowledge of the world. Arthapatti is knowledge arrived at through presumption or postulation.

The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica This article was most recently revised and updated by Brian Duignan.