Since someone asked me to write a post on this subject in another thread, I thought why not? This will be exploring the concepts of Nyāya and Vaiśeṣika as complementary systems, with a primary focus on theology. I am considering both of these darśanas to be complementary since they essentially...
PramAna is proof as means of jnana -- knowledge.
As an Advaitist and Vedantist, I hold that all six classical pramanas as correct means of accurate knowledge and to truth are valid. They are: Pratyakṣa (direct perception), Anumāṇa (inference), Upamāṇa (comparison and analogy), Arthāpatti...