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Which of the following schools of Classical Indian Philosophy reduce Sabda pramãna (verbal authority) to inference? (A) Nayaya (B) Vaisesikas (C) Buddhists (D) Mimamsa (E) Carvaka/Lokayata Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

Which of the following schools of Classical Indian Philosophy reduce Sabda pramãna (verbal authority) to inference? (A) Nayaya (B) Vaisesikas (C) Buddhists (D) Mimamsa (E) Carvaka/Lokayata Choose the correct answer from the options given below : Correct Answer (B) and (C) only

There are six major schools of Vedic philosophy—Nyaya, Vaisheshika, Samkhya, Yoga, Mīmāṃsā, and Vedanta, and five major heterodox (sramanic) schools—Jain, Buddhist, Ajivika, Ajñana, and Charvaka.

Important Points

Vaisesikas:

  • Vaisheshika or Vaiśeṣika is one of the six schools of Indian philosophy (Vedic systems) from ancient India.
  • In its early stages, the Vaiśeṣika was an independent philosophy with its own metaphysics, epistemology, logic, ethics, and soteriology.
  • Over time, the Vaiśeṣika system became similar in its philosophical procedures, ethical conclusions, and soteriology to the Nyāya school of Hinduism, but retained its difference in epistemology and metaphysics.

Buddhists:

  • Buddhists believe death is a natural part of the life cycle.
  • They believe that death simply leads to rebirth.
  • This belief in reincarnation – that a person’s spirit remains close by and seeks out a new body and new life – is a comforting and important principle.
  • For Buddhists, death is not the end of life, so it is not something to be feared.
  • Where and how a person is reborn depends on their good and bad actions in past lives.

Hence, Vaisesikas and Buddhists schools of Classical Indian Philosophy reduce Sabda pramãna (verbal authority) to inference.

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