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- ''Anumāna'' (T. ''rjes dpag'') is one of the two principal means of valid cognition (''pramāṇa'' +
- T. ''gzhan don rjes dpag''), which involves a formal syllogistic statement. +
- T. ''mngon sum''). It is a conceptual cognition that ascertains an unperceived or hidden object (e.g., fire on a mountain, impermanence of a sound) through the force of a logical reason or mark (''liṅga'' or ''hetu'' +
- T. ''rang don rjes dpag'') and inference for others (''parārthānumāna'' +
- T. ''rtags'') which is invariably connecte … T. ''rtags'') which is invariably connected to it. The etymology of both the Sanskrit ''anumāna'' (anu- "after" + māna "measuring/knowing") and the Tibetan ''rjes dpag'' ("inferring after") indicates that inference follows perception—one first perceives a sign and then infers what is not directly observed. This connection is established through the three characteristics of a valid reason (''trairūpya''teristics of a valid reason (''trairūpya'' +
- T. ''tshad ma'') in Buddhist epistemology, contrasted with direct perception (''pratyakṣa'' +
- T. ''tshul gsum''). Key forms include inference for oneself (''svārthānumāna'' +
