[Advaita-l] Priority of Pramana based on Knowledge Domain

Rajaram Venkataramani rajaramvenk at gmail.com
Fri Sep 14 09:05:33 CDT 2012


On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 2:44 PM, Ramesh Krishnamurthy <rkmurthy at gmail.com>wrote:

> On 14 September 2012 16:32, Rajaram Venkataramani <rajaramvenk at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> In any case, the basic point is that once you accept laukika
> pramANa-s, you also have to accept the j~nAna they generate. On any
> particular issue, if one has a doubt as to whether the veda is
> applicable or laukika pramANa-s are, all one needs to see is whether
> laukika pramANa-s "work" in that field by generating consistent
> knowledge. One may use sureshvarAchArya's guidelines, if required. If
> laukika pramANa-s work in that field, then the veda is not applicable.
>
RV: Nice and clear. So, laukika pramanas show that humans evolved 200000
years ago. Does it negate the jnana created by smrti sastras that Brahma
created Svayambhuva Manu millions of years ago at the start of krta yuga?



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