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* Vishishtadvaita too accepts that pramana is means of valid knowledge, which has for its content something that is adapted to practical needs of life.
* Vishishtadvaita too accepts that pramana is means of valid knowledge, which has for its content something that is adapted to practical needs of life.
* 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====
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>)
#Charvakas accept pratyaksha pramana (perception) only as a single means of knowledge.
#Vaiseshikas and Nastika Darshanas accept pratyaksha (perception) and anumana (inference).
#Samkhya, Yoga, Dvaita, Visishtaadvaita schools of Uttara Mimamsa recognize 3 Pramanas - pratyaksha (perception), anumana (inference) and shabda or agama (verbal testimony) as the means of knowledge.
#Naiyaayikas recognize 4 Pramanas - pratyaksha (perception), anumana (inference), shabda and Upamana (comparison) as the means of knowledge.
#Prabhakara school of Purva Mimamsa accepts 5 Pramanas - pratyaksha (perception), anumana (inference) and shabda or agama (verbal testimony) and Upamana (comparison) and arthaapatti (presumption) as the means of knowledge.
#Kumarilabhatta school of Purva Mimamsa and Advaita Vedanta of Uttara Mimamsa school both accept 6 pramanas - Pratyaksha (perception), Anumana (inference), Shabda or aagama (verbal testimony) and Upamana (comparison), Arthaapatti (presumption) and Anupalabdhi (negation or non-apprehension) as the means of knowledge.
#Pauranikas admit the above 6 with the addition of Sambhava (probability or inclusion) and Aitihya (tradition or rumour).
#Tantrikas recognize, along with the above 8, Chesta (indication) as the means of knowledge.
#In the Manimekhala, it is said that, according to Vedavyasa and Jaimini, there are two other methods known as Svabhava and Parisesha apart from the other 8 mentioned.
#A few other thinkers (Buddhist) accept Pratibha (vivid imagination) as a source of knowledge taking the number of pramanas to eleven.
Of these six of them ([[ShadPramanas (षड्प्रमाणाः)|Shad Pramanas]])have been been discussed at length.
==== Pramana and Pramanabhasa ====
==== Pramana and Pramanabhasa ====