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=== Vaiseshika Dristikona ===
 
=== Vaiseshika Dristikona ===
Kaanda who occupies the first place  in traceable history of epistemological tradition states that the general definition of pramana should be based on the principle that the cause of cognition should be free from defects (adustam vidya VS, 9.2.12)
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Kanda who occupies the first place  in traceable history of epistemological tradition states that the general definition of pramana should be based on the principle that the cause of cognition should be free from defects (अदुष्टं विद्या । वैशेषिक-९,२.१२ । adustam vidya (Vais. Sutr. 9.2.12)
    
=== Nyaya Dristikona ===
 
=== Nyaya Dristikona ===
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* Aprama is when reality reveals false knowledge (invalid knowledge). Example :  knowledge of snake in a rope.
 
* Aprama is when reality reveals false knowledge (invalid knowledge). Example :  knowledge of snake in a rope.
 
While Jnana is used to denote knowledge from the psychological standpoint that helps in cognition of an object, Prama is used to indicate true knowledge in the logical sense, which denotes ability of recognizing the real nature and character of an object. Four basic factors make up the system of recognition.  
 
While Jnana is used to denote knowledge from the psychological standpoint that helps in cognition of an object, Prama is used to indicate true knowledge in the logical sense, which denotes ability of recognizing the real nature and character of an object. Four basic factors make up the system of recognition.  
# The Prama or pramiti : the valid knowledge (of an object), the right understanding
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# The Prama or Pramiti : the valid knowledge (of an object), the right understanding
 
# The Prameya : the knowable, the object to be known, the of object of valid knowledge
 
# The Prameya : the knowable, the object to be known, the of object of valid knowledge
 
# The Pramaana : the chief instrument or organ of knowing the source of valid knowledge
 
# The Pramaana : the chief instrument or organ of knowing the source of valid knowledge

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