Sankhya Karika Verse 5

Sanskrit Verse

प्रतिविषयाध्यवसायो दृष्टं, त्रिविधमनुमानमाख्यातम् । तल्लिङ्गलिङ्गिपूर्वकम्, आप्तश्रुतिराप्तवचनं च ॥ ५ ॥

Transliteration

prati-viṣaya-adhyavasāyaḥ dṛṣṭaṃ tri-vidham-anumānam-ākhyātam | tat-liṅga-liṅgi-pūrvakam-āpta-śrutiḥ āpta-vacanaṃ tu ||

Translation

Perception is the ascertainment of each respective object (by the Senses). Inference has been declared to be threefold. It is preceded by the mark and it is preceded by the thing of which it is the mark. While Testimony is the statement of trustworthy persons and the Veda.

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Reference: Sankhya Karika