anumānam1 Inferring as the instrument of an anumiti, conclusion; from given premises; an inference, conclusion, one of the four means of obtaining knowledge according to the Nyāya system; (anumitikaraṇamanumānaṃ tacca dhūmo vahnivyāpya iti vyāptijñānam. It is of two kinds svārthā- numānam & parārthānumānam); pratyakṣaṃ cānumānaṃ ca śāstraṃ ca vividhāgamam | trayaṃ suviditaṃ kāryaṃ dharmaśuddhimabhīpsatā || Ms.12.105. -2 A guess, conjecture, sign to know; iṅgitairanumānaiśca mayā jñaiyā bhaviṣyati Rām. -3 Analogy, similarity; ātmano hṛdayānumānena prekṣase Ś.5 you judge (of others) by the analogy of your own heart; svānumānātkādambarīmutprekṣya K.305. -4 (In Rhet.) A figure which consists in a notion, expressed in a peculiarly striking manner, of a thing established by proof; S. D.711; yatra patatyabalānāṃ dṛṣṭirniśitāḥ patanti tatra śarāḥ | taccāparopitaśaro dhāvatyāsāṃ puraḥ smaro manye || anumānaṃ taduktaṃ yatsādhyasādhanayorvacaḥ K. P.10. -Comp. -uktif. reasoning; logical inference.