upamana
उपमान upamānaComparison or analogy; the Nyaya means of valid knowledge by which an unfamiliar thing is identified from a likeness previously described.
Where this term appears
- What is Mimamsa? Philosophy
There is pratyaksha , perception; anumana , inference; upamana , comparison, the recognition of a thing from a likeness previously described; shabda , reliable verbal testimony, which for an orthodox school inc…
- What is Nyaya? Philosophy
The third is upamana , comparison, by which a person told that a wild ox resembles a cow can name the animal on meeting it in the forest.