பிரமாணம்
piramāṇam
n. pra-māṇa. 1.Measure, degree, quantity; அளவு. (பிங்.) 2.Criterion, ground of inference or belief; ஆதாரம். 3. Rule, method, order, law; விதி. 4.(Log.) Means of acquiring certain knowledge,being six, viz., pirattiyaṭcam, aṉumāṉam, āka-mam, uvamāṉam, aruttāpatti, apāvamS. I. I. iii,215). 8. Royal authority, sovereign command;இராசாக்கினை. 9. The Vēdas, as a sacred