རྗེས་དཔག་

JH-ENG

inferential cognizer; inferential cognition; inference

JH-OE

{GD:96} inference

JH-SKT

{LCh}anumAna

OT

[915] (anumaNa) rtags mthong zhing 'brel ba nges pa'i rjes su bsgrub bya dpog pa'am gzhal bya lkog gyur 'jal ba ste/ du ba dang chu skyar gyi rtags las me dang chu yod par dpog pa lta bu'o/ ...

JH-DEFT

མཚན་ཉིད།  rang gi rten rtags yang dag la brten nas ran gi gzhal bya lkog gyur la mi slu ba'i zhen rig

JH-DEFE

Definition: a determinative knower which, depending on its basis, a correct sign, is incontrovertible with regard to its object of comprehension, a hidden phenomenon{TAK 4b.2}

JH-DIVT

དབྱེ་བ། 

1 yid ches rjes dpag 

2 grags pa'i rjes dpag 

3 dngos stobs rjes dpag

JH-DIVE

Divisions: 

(1) inference through belief (Apta-anumAna);

(2) inference through renown (prasiddha-anumAna); 

(3) inference by the power of the fact (vastu-bala-anumAna)

JH-C

Comment: This is one of the three divisions of inference (རྗེས་དཔག་)—inference through power of the fact (dngos stobs rjes dpag), inference through renown (grags pa'i rjes dpag), and inference through belief (yid ches rjes dpag). Inference is one of the seven types of knowledge and awareness (blo rig); see blo rig for others.

DM

inference, syllogism, conclusion of syllogism. Skt. anumAna. Thurman.

JV

judgment of perception, inference, conjecture, guessing, consideration, deliberation, syllogism, genuine or mediate inference, come to a new fact potentially involved in premises, inferential cognizer, SA dngos stobs rjes dpag, rtogs pa'i rjes dpag, grags pa'i rjes dpag, yid ches rjes dpag, dpe nyer 'jal gyi rjes dpag

IW

(aanumana) inference [see a sign/ reason and according to its certain connection establis what is to be established/ proved, evaluate/comprehend hidden objects of valid cognition/ pramana from the signs/ reasons smoke and water birds infer fire and water]. (aanumana inference * deduction, conclusion, conceptual inferential cognizer

RB

deductive reasoning/ inference

RY

inference; deduction, conclusion, conceptual inferential cognition. {yid ches gyi rjes dpag} is inference by way of certainty. {grags pa'i rjes dpag} is inference by renown which has to do with suitability of names for objects. {dngos stobs kyi rjes dpag} is inference by power of fact. inference [thd]