[Skt.] n. Measure, scale; standard; limit; quantity, size, bulk, extent, angulimanamu, jena, mutha, gajamu modalainavi. Proof, testimony, authority. A cause, reason, motive. pratyaksadi jnanakaranamu, hetuvu. Truth. An oath, adjuration. satyamu. pramanamuceyu to make an oath, to take an oath, to swear. pramanamuceyincu to administer an oath. vedamu sabdapramanamuganunnadi the Veda is the standard of revealed truth. sastra pratyaksadi pramanamulu the methods of Reasoning or Inference. These are: pratyaksamu actual perception, anumanamu inference, upamanamu analogy, sabdamu authority or revelation, aitihyamu tradition. pramanikarincu pramani-karintsu. v. a. To consider as true. satyamuganencu. pramanikamu pramanikamu. n. Fidelity, faithfulness.