There are 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 them vary from one to eight.
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There are 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 them vary from one to eight. (Page 43 of Reference<ref name=":3">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.
* Charvakas accept pratyaksha pramana (perception) only as a single means of knowledge.
* Vaiseshikas accept pratyaksha (perception) and anumana (inference).
* Vaiseshikas accept pratyaksha (perception) and anumana (inference).