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मराठी अर्थ
शब्द:
ॐ प्रमाणाय नमः।
विवेचन:
जो सत्याचा मापदंड, ज्ञानाचे प्रमाण आणि अंतिम निकष आहे, तो प्रमाणम्. शास्त्र, अनुभव आणि तत्त्वचिंतन यांची सत्यता अखेरीस त्याच्याशी जुळते. तोच जाणण्याचे साधन, विषय आणि सत्याचा आधार आहे.
अर्थ:
जो स्वतःच पुरावा आहे.
English Meaning
Meaning:
Om Pramanaya Namah।
Simple Meaning:
From *pramaana* (measure, proof, standard of knowledge, authority); "He Who Is the Supreme Standard of Knowledge and Authority" - all instruments of valid knowledge ultimately derive their validity from Him; He is the proof of all proofs.
Mythology / Philosophy / Spiritual:
** Detailed Meaning & Explanation 'Pramaana' means proof, means of valid knowledge, standard, and measure. The three traditional Pramaanas (sources of valid knowledge) are Pratyaksha (direct perception), Anumana (inference), and Shabda (testimony/scripture). Vishnu is Pramaanam — He who is the ultimate source and validity behind all forms of knowledge. He is not merely known by Pramaana — He IS the ground of all Pramaana. ** Mythological Significance The Bhagavata Purana narrates how when philosophical debates arose among the sages about the nature of ultimate reality, they ultimately appealed to the Vedas — and the Vedas themselves were revealed by Vishnu (as Hayagriva, the horse-headed Avatar who retrieved the stolen Vedas). Vishnu as Pramaanam is the source of all revealed knowledge. The Brahmasutras of Badarayana, the Upanishads, and the Bhagavad Gita — all these Pramaana-texts ultimately point to and come from Vishnu. ** Spiritual & Vedantic Meaning In Vedanta, Shabda-Pramana (scriptural testimony) is the highest valid means of knowledge for things beyond sensory experience. And the highest Shabda is the Vedas, which emerge from Vishnu's breath. Vishnu as Pramaanam means He is the self-validating, self-luminous Absolute — 'Pramana-pramata-prameya-rahitam' — beyond the triad of knower, knowledge, and known. The deepest Vedantic position: Brahman/Vishnu cannot be an object of knowledge — He is knowledge itself. References: Bhagavad Gita 13.17; Srimad Bhagavatam 1.1.1; Brahmasutras 1.1.3; Kena Upanishad 2.1