प्रामाण्य
Sanskrit
Alternative scripts
Alternative scripts
- প্ৰামাণ্য (Assamese script)
- ᬧ᭄ᬭᬵᬫᬵᬡ᭄ᬬ (Balinese script)
- প্রামাণ্য (Bengali script)
- 𑰢𑰿𑰨𑰯𑰦𑰯𑰜𑰿𑰧 (Bhaiksuki script)
- 𑀧𑁆𑀭𑀸𑀫𑀸𑀡𑁆𑀬 (Brahmi script)
- ပြာမာဏျ (Burmese script)
- પ્રામાણ્ય (Gujarati script)
- ਪ੍ਰਾਮਾਣ੍ਯ (Gurmukhi script)
- 𑌪𑍍𑌰𑌾𑌮𑌾𑌣𑍍𑌯 (Grantha script)
- ꦥꦿꦴꦩꦴꦟꦾ (Javanese script)
- 𑂣𑂹𑂩𑂰𑂧𑂰𑂝𑂹𑂨 (Kaithi script)
- ಪ್ರಾಮಾಣ್ಯ (Kannada script)
- ប្រាមាណ្យ (Khmer script)
- ປ຺ຣາມາຓ຺ຍ (Lao script)
- പ്രാമാണ്യ (Malayalam script)
- ᢒᡵᠠ᠊ᠠᠮᠠ᠊ᠠᢏᠶᠠ (Manchu script)
- 𑘢𑘿𑘨𑘰𑘦𑘰𑘜𑘿𑘧 (Modi script)
- ᢒᠷᠠᢗᠮᠠᢗᢏᠶᠠ (Mongolian script)
- 𑧂𑧠𑧈𑧑𑧆𑧑𑦼𑧠𑧇 (Nandinagari script)
- 𑐥𑑂𑐬𑐵𑐩𑐵𑐞𑑂𑐫 (Newa script)
- ପ୍ରାମାଣ୍ଯ (Odia script)
- ꢦ꣄ꢬꢵꢪꢵꢠ꣄ꢫ (Saurashtra script)
- 𑆥𑇀𑆫𑆳𑆩𑆳𑆟𑇀𑆪 (Sharada script)
- 𑖢𑖿𑖨𑖯𑖦𑖯𑖜𑖿𑖧 (Siddham script)
- ප්රාමාණ්ය (Sinhalese script)
- 𑩰 𑪙𑩼𑩛𑩴𑩛𑩪 𑪙𑩻 (Soyombo script)
- 𑚞𑚶𑚤𑚭𑚢𑚭𑚘𑚶𑚣 (Takri script)
- ப்ராமாண்ய (Tamil script)
- ప్రామాణ్య (Telugu script)
- ปฺรามาณฺย (Thai script)
- པྲཱ་མཱ་ཎྱ (Tibetan script)
- 𑒣𑓂𑒩𑒰𑒧𑒰𑒝𑓂𑒨 (Tirhuta script)
- 𑨞𑩇𑨫𑨊𑨢𑨊𑨘𑩇𑨪 (Zanabazar Square script)
Etymology
Vṛddhi derivative of प्रमाण (pramāṇa, “proof, evidence”) with a -य (-ya) extension.
Pronunciation
- (Vedic) IPA(key): /pɾɑː.mɑːɳ.jɐ/, [pɾɑː.mɑːj̃.jɐ]
- (Classical Sanskrit) IPA(key): /pɾɑː.mɑːɳ.jɐ/
Noun
प्रामाण्य • (prāmāṇya) stem, n
- the state or quality of being established as proof; evidentness, authority, authoritativeness, credibility, authenticity
- Dharmakīrti, Pramāṇavārttika:
- वेदप्रामाण्यं कस्यचित् कर्तृवादः ।
स्नाने धर्मेच्छा जातिवादावलेपः ।
संतापारम्भः पापहानाय चेति ।
ध्वस्तप्रज्ञानां पञ्च लिङ्गानि जाड्ये ॥- vedaprāmāṇyaṃ kasyacit kartṛvādaḥ.
snāne dharmecchā jātivādāvalepaḥ.
saṃtāpārambhaḥ pāpahānāya ceti.
dhvastaprajñānāṃ pañca liṅgāni jāḍye. - Five are the signs of stupidity of those with destroyed intellect: belief in the authoritativeness of Vedas, faith in a creator, seeing piety in bathing, pride in one's caste and penance for getting rid of sin.
- vedaprāmāṇyaṃ kasyacit kartṛvādaḥ.
- वेदप्रामाण्यं कस्यचित् कर्तृवादः ।
Declension
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | प्रामाण्यम् (prāmāṇyam) | प्रामाण्ये (prāmāṇye) | प्रामाण्यानि (prāmāṇyāni) प्रामाण्या¹ (prāmāṇyā¹) |
| accusative | प्रामाण्यम् (prāmāṇyam) | प्रामाण्ये (prāmāṇye) | प्रामाण्यानि (prāmāṇyāni) प्रामाण्या¹ (prāmāṇyā¹) |
| instrumental | प्रामाण्येन (prāmāṇyena) | प्रामाण्याभ्याम् (prāmāṇyābhyām) | प्रामाण्यैः (prāmāṇyaiḥ) प्रामाण्येभिः¹ (prāmāṇyebhiḥ¹) |
| dative | प्रामाण्याय (prāmāṇyāya) | प्रामाण्याभ्याम् (prāmāṇyābhyām) | प्रामाण्येभ्यः (prāmāṇyebhyaḥ) |
| ablative | प्रामाण्यात् (prāmāṇyāt) | प्रामाण्याभ्याम् (prāmāṇyābhyām) | प्रामाण्येभ्यः (prāmāṇyebhyaḥ) |
| genitive | प्रामाण्यस्य (prāmāṇyasya) | प्रामाण्ययोः (prāmāṇyayoḥ) | प्रामाण्यानाम् (prāmāṇyānām) |
| locative | प्रामाण्ये (prāmāṇye) | प्रामाण्ययोः (prāmāṇyayoḥ) | प्रामाण्येषु (prāmāṇyeṣu) |
| vocative | प्रामाण्य (prāmāṇya) | प्रामाण्ये (prāmāṇye) | प्रामाण्यानि (prāmāṇyāni) प्रामाण्या¹ (prāmāṇyā¹) |
- ¹Vedic
Derived terms
- प्रामाण्यवादिन् (prāmāṇyavādin)
References
- Monier Williams (1899), “प्रामाण्य”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 702, column 2.
- Hellwig, Oliver (2010–2026), “prāmāṇya”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
- Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890), “प्रामाण्य”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan, page 1131
- Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893), “प्रामाण्य”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 186