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THE TEXT. 
Book I. 
yawmuUITA—Perception. 
The Tattva-cintamani is divided into four books dealing 
(Sabda), which are the four means of deriving valid knowledge. 
The first book, which treats of perception, opens with a stanza 
saluting God Siva. 
AFVNaTS: | 
Invocation of Blessings. 
_ Salutation is offered to Siva to invoke his blessings. -The 
invocation is of three kinds, viz. bodily, vocal, and mental. The 
obstacles which his feeble invocation could not remove. e 
Kadambari, which opens with a profuse invocation of blessings, 
furnishes an illustration of a work remaining unfinished, owing 
to the enormity of obstacles in its way. 
UTAT@als: | 
The Validity of Knowledge. 
In determining the true meaning of “ pramana”’ (the means 
of valid knowledge) one must under- 
stand the true meaning of the word 
“ : ‘“prama” (valid knowledge). — Prama 
th valid knowledge is the knowledge of a thing as it is—it is 
© knowlege of the generic nature as abiding in its own 
subject (that is, abiding in every one of its individual embodi- 
ments). For instance, to know a piece of silver to be as such, 
Pram or valid know- 
ledge. 
