1918.] The Tattva-cintamant. dll 
The hill is full of fire, 
because it is full of smoke, 
as a kitchen and not as a lake. 
aatata: | 
Presumption. 
The Mimamsakas say that presumption (arthapatti) is a 
separate means of knowledge. On hearing that “ Devadatta 
who is fat does not eat in the day” we at once conclude that 
he eats in the night. Since a person cannot become fat unless 
he eats either in the day or in the night, and since he does not 
eat in the day it follows by presumption that he eats in the 
night. ‘ 
Gangesa does not admit presumption to be a separate 
means of knowledge, but includes it in the negative inference ' 
the absence of the major term. Here the absence of eating in 
the night would have been followed by the absence of that 
fatness which is attended with non-eating in the day. 
arataalad | 
Inference for One’s Self. 
Inference is of two kinds: (1) inference for one’s self 
(svarthanumana) and (2) inference for the sake of others 
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smoke which is in invariable concomitance with fire.” This 
knowledge is called “consideration of the sign” (lingapara- 
marsa) or simply “ consideration”? (paramarsa) from which 
follows the knowledge that “ this hill has fire”? which is called 
inferential conclusion (anumiti). This is the process of in- 
ference for one’s self 
qaaqag | 
Inference for the Sake of Others. 
rson having inferred fire from smoke demon- 
hers by the employment of a syllogism, it 1s 
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‘ As A person to be fat must take his food either in the day or in the 
mght—(A proposition). 
: Gon rncatta who is fat does not take his food in the day—(F Prop” 
dis; Therefore Devadatta must take his food in the night. (This is 
Junctive categorical syllogism.) 
