apramā

apramā Tatpur. f. (-mā) The reverse of pramā, viz. ¹ The same

as apramāṇa I. q. v.; e. g. in Mādhava's Jaiminīya-nyāyam.:

sadācāro'pramā mā vā nirmūlatvādamānatā . aṣṭakāderivai-

tasya samūlatvātpramāṇatā .. holākotsavādisadācārasya mūlabhū-

tavedābhāvādaprāmāṇyamiti cet .. na &c.; or guṇanāmatvasaṃde-

hādapramā codaneti cet . noktanyāyena saṃghasya nāmadheyatvanirṇa-

yāt. ² (In the Vaiśeṣika philosophy.) Knowledge which

is not absolute, viz. knowledge which is either at variance

with the properties of the thing supposed to be known (see

viparyāsa), as if one believes, he knows ‘Soul or Self when

he attributes to it properties belonging to Body’, or know-

ledge based on doubt (see saṃśaya), as if one does not know

whether ‘an object is a man or a post’. E. a neg. and pramā.

apramā a-pramā, f. a rule which is no

authority (see a-pramāṇa); incorrect knowledge.

apramā Incorrect knowledge (opp. pramā q. v.).

apramā a-pramā, f. false notion; -māṇa, n.
no authority; something nugatory; -māṇī-
-kṛ, not to treat (ac.) as an authority; -māda,
a. attentive, careful: -tva, n. -ness; -mādin,
a. id.; -meya, fp. immeasurable; infinite, inseparable,
undemonstrable; -moda, m. displeasure.

a-pramā f. a rule which is no authority (See a-pramāṇa)

incorrect knowledge.

apramā Incorrect knowledge (opp. pramā q. v.).

apramā f. falscher Begriff BHĀṢĀP. 125. TARKAS. 53.

apramā , Nom. abstr. °tva n. Sarvad. 133, 12.