Advaita Sāṃkhya Sūtras

Chapter 2: Pramāṇādhyāyaḥ

“Proof”

2.1

त्रिविधप्रमाणं प्रत्यक्षानुमानशब्दाः ॥ २.१ ॥
trividhapramāṇaṃ pratyakṣānumānaśabdāḥ ‖ 2.1 ‖

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trividha-pramāṇam: three kinds + proof; pratyakṣa-anumāna-śabdāḥ: direct perception + inference + testimony

“The three kinds of proof are direct perception, inference, and testimony.”

2.2

योगजप्रत्यक्षं त्रिपुटिज्ञानम् इन्द्रियजप्रत्यक्षं प्रतिविषयाध्यवसायः ॥ २.२ ॥
yogajapratyakṣaṃ tripuṭijñānam indriyajapratyakṣaṃ prativiṣayādhyavasāyaḥ ‖ 2.2 ‖

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yogaja-pratyakṣam: born of union + direct perception; triputi-jñānam: threefold + knowledge; indriyaja-pratyakṣam: born of the senses + direct perception; prati-viṣaya-adhyavasāyaḥ: of related + objects + apprehension

“Direct perception born of union is threefold knowledge; direct perception born of the senses is the apprehension of their related objects.”

2.3

त्रिविधानुमानं पूर्ववच्छेषवत्सामान्यतोदृष्टानि तल्लिङ्गलिङ्गिपूर्वकं च ॥ २.३ ॥
trividhānumānaṃ pūrvavaccheṣavatsāmānyatodṛṣṭāni talliṅgaliṅgipūrvakaṃ ca ‖ 2.3 ‖

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trividha-anumānam: three kinds + inference; pūrvavat-śeṣavat-sāmānyatodṛṣṭāni: a priori + a posteriori + generally seen; tat-liṅga-liṅgi-pūrvakaṃ: it + middle term + major term + preceded by; ca: and

“The three kinds of inference are a priori, a posteriori, and generally seen.  It is preceded by the middle term and the major term.”

2.4

त्रिविधशब्दः श्रुतिस्मृतिसूत्राणि ॥ २.४ ॥
trividhaśabdaḥ śrutismṛtisūtrāṇi ‖ 2.4 ‖

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trividha-śabdaḥ: three kinds + testimony; śruti-smṛti-sūtrāṇi: revelation + remembrance + aphorisms

“The three kinds of testimony are revelation, remembrance, and aphorisms.”