Before choosing a treatment, an Ayurvedic practitioner must thoroughly examine the disease. This process involves applying four foundational Pramāņas (means of valid knowledge): Āptopadeśa (Authoritative Testimony), Pratyakşa (Direct Observation), Anumāna (Inference), and Yukti (Reasoning). This article focuses on Anumāna and Yukti, exploring how these methods identify the causes of disease and guide Ayurvedic management strategies.

Anumāna (Inference)

Anumāna (hypothesis or inference) comes from two words – anu + māna. Anumāna means deriving a fact about a related incident by observing its signs. Inference means disease information on the prior perception of the sign. When the sign is apparent, subsequently the disease knowledge comes from applying consistent association. Anumāna is the

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