[Advaita-l] Apaurusheyatva of Vedas.

[Jaldhar H. Vyas]

On Sat, 10 Sep 2011, kuntimaddi sadananda wrote:

> pratyaksha is direct and immediate while the rest are indirect and 
> mediate. anumaana depends on pratyaksha, since it requires a dRiShTanta 
> to establish vyaapti or concomitant relation between hetu and saadhya.

What about 2+2=4?  This is a proposition based on inference which is based 
on inference which does not require the senses.

Science is the only major application of anumana that depends on 
pratyaksha and its a very important one but others can be conceived.

-- 
Jaldhar H. Vyas <jaldhar at braincells.com>