apramāṇa

apramāṇa I. Tatpur. n. (-ṇam) No-authority, a rule, injunction,

reasoning, saying, precedent &c. which is not binding, no

standard to be guided by, irrelevancy; (comp. the similar

terms apramā, aprāmāṇya, amā, amātva, amāna, amānatā,

also pramāṇābhāsa); e. g. in Mādhava's Jaiminīya-nyāyam.:

arthābodhādapramāṇaṃ pikālambhanacodanā . maivaṃ mlecchaprasiddhyāpi

tadbodhādaviruddhayā; or aguṇatvādanāmatvādamantratvādananvaye .

aṣṭatvādyapramāṇaṃ cennārthavādatayānvayāt; or in the Nyāya S.:

rodhopaghātasādṛśyebhyo vyabhicārādanumānamapramāṇam, or in the

instance s. v. anaikāntikatva; or Śaṅkara in the comm. on

the Bṛhadār.: yadi tāvadupaniṣado brahmaikatvapratipattipramāṃ

kurvanti kathamapramāṇaṃ bhaveyuḥ; or in a Vārtt. to Pāṇini: taddhi-

tārthanirdeśe liṅgavacanamapramāṇaṃ tasyāvivakṣitatvāt ‘gender

and number are irrelevant (i. e. not the subject of the rule)

in the chapter on the derivations with taddhitas &c.’

(Kaiyyaṭa: apramāṇamiti . tadvaśātkāryasya vidhiniṣedhau na

bhavata ityarthaḥ); or in the Śakunt.: tasyāpramāṇaṃ vacanaṃ janasya

‘the word of such a person is no-authority, (where apramāṇam

is not to be considered as a Bahuvr.). E. a neg. and pramāṇa.

II. Bahuvr. m. f. n. (-ṇaḥ-ṇā-ṇam) Immeasurable, im-

mense, infinite; (the word occurs scarcely in this sense in

the classical Sanskṛt; comp. the following articles). E. a

priv. and pramāṇa.

apramāṇa a-pramāṇa, as, ā, am, immeasur-

able, unlimited; without weight or proof, without au-

thority; (am), n. a rule which is no standard of action.

—A-pramāṇa-vid, t, t, t, incapable of weighing

evidence. —Apramāṇa-śubha, ās, m. pl. of immea-

surable virtue; N. of a class of Buddhist divinities.

—Apramāṇābha (°ṇa-ābha), ās, m. pl. of unlimited

splendor; N. of a class of divinities in Buddhism.

apramāṇa a.

1 Unlimited, immeasurable, boundless.

2 Without authority, proof or weight, unauthorized.

3 Not regarded as an authority, not trustworthy; ājanmanaḥ śāvyamaśikṣito yastasyāpramāṇaṃ vacanaṃ janasya Ś. 5. 25.

— ṇaṃ

1 That which cannot be taken as authority in actions; i. e. a rule, direction &c. which cannot be accepted as obligatory.

2 Irrelevancy.

Comp.

— ābhaḥ, śubhaḥ (pl.) ‘of unlimited lustre’, N. of a class of deities (with Buddhists).

— vid a. not conversant with evidence, or incapable of weighing evidence.

apramāṇa n. no authority.

a-pramāṇa n. a rule which is no standard of action, MBh.; Śāk. &c.

(in discussion) a statement of no importance or authority.

apramāṇa a. 1 Unlimited, immeasurable, boundless. -2 Without authority, proof or weight, unauthorized. -3 Not regarded as an authority, not trustworthy; ājanmanaḥ śāṭhyamaśikṣito yastasyāpramāṇaṃ vacanaṃ janasya Ś.5.25. -ṇam 1 That which cannot be taken as authority in actions; i. e. a rule, direction &c. which cannot be accepted as obligatory. -2 Irrelevancy. -Comp. -ābhaḥ, -śubhaḥ (pl.) 'of unlimited lustre', N. of a class of deities (with Buddhists). -vid a. not conversant with evidence, or incapable of weighing evidence.

a-pramāṇa- nt. absence d'autorité; a, sans poids, sans autorité; -ī-kṛ- traiter qq'un comme une non-autorité.

°vid- ag. qui ignore la signification d'une chose.

apramāṇa (3. a + pra°) adj.

1) ohne Maass, unermesslich, s. d. folg. compp.

— 2) ohne Gewicht, ohne Bedeutung: vacanam ŚĀK. 121.

apramāṇa

2) TARKAS. 50.

— 3) n. keine Autorität ŚĀK. 121.

apramāṇa n. keine Autorität MBH. 13,163,25. ŚĀK. 121. etwas Nichtssagendes TARKAS. 50.

apramāṇa n. keine Autorität.

apramāṇa Adj. unbegrenzt in °śubha und °māṇābha.

— Subst. das Sichvergegenwärtigen, stetes Denken an, Mahāvy. 30, 69; Jātakam. 7, 39. 32.

apramāṇa na0 na pramāṇaṃ virodhe na0 . pramājñānabhinnabhramādi-
janake vākyādau . tāni ca “vedāḥ pramāṇaṃ smṛtayaḥ pramāṇaṃ
dharmārthayuktaṃ vacanaṃ pramāṇam . yasya pramāṇaṃ na bhavet pramāṇaṃ
kastasya kuryyādvacanaṃ pramāṇamiti” smṛtyuktavedādipramāṇa
bhinnāni cārvākādivacanāni “nadyāṃ śilāḥ tarantotyādīni
pramāṇāntaraviruddhārthakāni vacanāni” ca . evaṃ pittādi
duṣṭāni indriyāṇi ābhāsakalitāni liṅgāni ca .
“pramāṇatvāpramāṇatve” ityādi mīmāṃsā .

apramāṇa , nt. (in mg. 1 = Pali appamaññā, f.;

see CPD s.v.), (1) infinitude, as n. for brahmavihāra

(q.v.), of which there are four, maitrī (maitrā), karuṇā,

muditā, upekṣā: listed as apramāṇāni Sūtrāl. xvii.17., cf.

xx--xxi.43; AbhidhK. LaV-P. viii.196; Mvy 1503--7; Bbh

241.15--16; LV 297.12 (vs) maitrī-upekṣa-karuṇā-muditā-

pramāṇāḥ (read °ṇā? hardly Bhvr.); mentioned without

list, Gv 471.18 catur-apramāṇa-vihāra-; Śikṣ 105.16; LV

45.16 catur-apramāṇa-prabha-teja-dharaḥ; 341.1 catur-

apramāṇa (wrongly printed catura pramāṇa); (2) a high

number: Mvy 7934 (cited from Gv); 8041; Gv 134.7.