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→व्युत्पत्तिः ॥ Etymology
* Dvaita school also accepts that pramana is that which comprehends an object as it is, yatartha pramanam.
* Dvaita school also accepts that pramana is that which comprehends an object as it is, yatartha pramanam.
====प्रमाणसङ्ख्या ॥ Number of Pramanas====
====प्रमाणसङ्ख्या ॥ Number of Pramanas====
There are atleast ten kinds of Pramanas, but in the matter of recognizing different pramanas, different schools of Indian Philosophy adopted divergent schemes. The number of pramanas accepted by the important schools vary from one to eight. (Page 33 of Reference<ref name=":32">Harh, Amal Kumar. (1994) Ph. D Thesis Title : The Means of knowing a negative fact a critical study on the theory of Anupalabdhi in Indian philosophy. [http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/137453/7/07_chapter_02.pdf (Chapter 2)] University of North Bengal</ref>)
There are atleast ten kinds of Pramanas, but in the matter of recognizing different pramanas, different schools of Indian Philosophy adopted divergent schemes. The number of pramanas accepted by the important schools vary from one to eight. (Page 33 of Reference<ref name=":3" />)
#Charvakas accept pratyaksha pramana (perception) only as a single means of knowledge.
#Charvakas accept pratyaksha pramana (perception) only as a single means of knowledge.
#Nastika Darshanas accept pratyaksha (perception) and anumana (inference).
#Nastika Darshanas accept pratyaksha (perception) and anumana (inference).