anumAnaM 1 Inferring as the instrument of an anumiti , conclusion from given premises; an inference, conclusion; one of the four means of obtaining knowledge according to the Nyāya system; ( anumitikaraRamanumAnaM tacca DUmo vahnivyApya iti vyAptijYAnaM . It is of two kinds svArTAnumAnaM & parArTAnumAnaM ); pratyakzaM cAnumAnaM ca SAstraM ca viviDAgamaM . trayaM suviditaM kAryaM DarmaSudDimaBIpsatA .. Ms. 12. 105. 2 A guess, conjecture, sign to know; iMgitEranumAnESca mayA jYeyA Bavizyati Rām. 3 Analogy, similarity; Atmano hfdayAnumAnena prekzase Ś. 5 you judge (of others) by the analogy of your own heart; svAnumAnAtkAdaMbarImutprekzya K. 305. 4 (In Rhet. ) A figure which consists in a notion, expressed in a peculiarly striking manner, of a thing established by proof; S. D. 711 ; yatra patatyabalAnAM dfzwirniSitAH pataMti tatra SarAH . taccAparopitaSaro DAvatyAsAM ( pb ) puraH smaro manye .. anumAnaM taduktaM yatsADyasADanayorvacaH K. P. 10. Comp. — ukti f. reasoning; logical inference.