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Detailed explanation-1: -The invariable relation between the hetu and the sadya is called Vyapti. It is considered as the logical ground of inference which is one of the means to knowledge.

Detailed explanation-2: -anumana, (Sanskrit: “measuring along some other thing” or “inference”) in Indian philosophy, the second of the pramanas, or the five means of knowledge. Inference occupies a central place in the Hindu school of logic (Nyaya).

Detailed explanation-3: -In general words in order to define Anumana we can say that it is such a rational process in which on the basis of knowledge of a object the certain knowledge of other object is received, in which the object known before is named as Hetu, while the later known object is known as Sadhya.

Detailed explanation-4: -Theory of knowledge: Prama and Aprama According to Nyaya, knowledge reveals both the subject and the object which are quite distinct from itself. Knowledge may be valid or invalid. Valid knowledge is called Prama and, is defined as the right apprehension of an object. Non – Valid knowledge is known as Aprama.

Detailed explanation-5: -analysis in Indian logic … (paksha, “the hill”) “possesses” the middle term (hetu, “smoke”), which is recognized as “pervaded by” the major (sadhya, “fire”). The relation of invariable connection, or “pervasion, ” between the middle (smoke) and the major (fire)-“Wherever there is smoke, there is fire”-is called vyapti.