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the truth. Three of these are almost universally accepted: perception (pratyakṣa), inference (anumāna), and "word" (śabda), meaning the testimony of past

effects do not occur. Gaṅgeśa provides a detailed account of perception (pratyakṣa) as a fundamental means of knowledge acquisition. He categorises perception

accepts four out of six pramanas as reliable means of gaining knowledge – pratyakṣa (perception), anumāṇa (inference), upamāna (comparison and analogy) and

described the five epistemically reliable means to gaining knowledge: pratyakṣa or perception; anumāna or inference; upamāṇa, comparison and analogy;

order to bring Rama back to Ayodhya. He meets with Guha on the way, who directs him to Chitrakoot. With company of Guha and other people, Bharata reached

primarily worshipped in the Kalikula worship tradition. The closest way of direct worship is to the forms of Mahakali or Bhadrakali (Bhadra in Sanskrit means

form, and offer worship to their Ishta-Deva as either a representation or direct expansion of the Supreme Person. For example, Vaishnava schools offer worship

liberation, where sattva guṇa predominates. Samkhya considered Pratyakṣa or Dṛṣṭam (direct sense perception), Anumāna (inference), and Śabda or Āptavacana

paccakkha (cognate to Sanskrit: pratyakṣa) "perceptible to the senses", literally "before the eyes", which refers to direct experiential perception. Thus

Potti and Sreekaryathu Potti. King Adithya Vikrama of Vanchi (Venad) was directed by Parasurama to do 'Paripalanam' (Protection) of the Temple. Parasurama