Prameya
प्रमेयनपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter) · प्र उपसर्ग (pra — correctly) + √मा धातु (mā — to measure, know) + यत् प्रत्यय
prameya
Epistemology
The object of knowledge — that which is known
Prameya is the object known through a pramāṇa. In Vedānta, the ultimate prameya is Brahman — yet Brahman is unique because it is simultaneously the prameya and the pramātā itself. When the Upaniṣads reveal 'tat tvam asi', the subject seeking to know (pramātā) discovers it is identical to what was being sought (prameya). This dissolution of subject-object duality is mokṣa.
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