Pramā
प्रमास्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminino) · प्र उपसर्ग (pra — adiante) + मा धातु (mā — medir)
pramā
Epistemology
AI translationTrue knowledge; valid cognition
Pramā is knowledge corresponding to the object — not doubt (saṃśaya), not error (viparyaya), not memory (smṛti). It is the correct result of a pramāṇa (means of knowledge). When the Upaniṣads are correctly applied as pramāṇa, they produce pramā about ātman — a direct and irreversible cognition of one's own nature. This pramā is mokṣa itself: not something to do, but something to recognize.
Occurrence in the corpus
मूर्तामू्र्तत्वहीनस्य प्रतीचो विक्रिया कुतः।। प्रमायोगो हि भोक्तृत्वं प्रमा चैवाऽऽत्मनः सदा ।। १४३ ।।
mūrtāmūrtatvahīnasya pratīco vikriyā kutaḥ|| pramāyogo hi bhoktṛtvaṃ pramā caivā''tmanaḥ sadā || 143 ||
— Brihadaranyaka Bhashya Vartikam →Using this in academic work? Get formal citation
Vishva Vidya (2026). Pramā (प्रमा). Vishva Vidya — Vedanta. https://vedanta.com.br/en/glossary/prama
Vishva Vidya. "Pramā (प्रमा)." Vishva Vidya — Vedanta, January 1, 2026, https://vedanta.com.br/en/glossary/prama.
Vishva Vidya. "Pramā (प्रमा)." Vishva Vidya — Vedanta, January 1, 2026. https://vedanta.com.br/en/glossary/prama.
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