[translation-san] svataḥ prāmāṇya

[translation-san] svato-niyama-prāmāṇya

[translation-eng] {Hopkins} a prime cognizer which induces ascertainment by itself

[definition-bod] mtshan nyidrang gi gzhal bya'i bdag nyid/ mthar thug pa yul steng du gnas pa med par rang nyid mi 'byung ba la nges pa rang stobs kyis 'dren nus pa'i gsar du mi slu ba'i rig pa/

[definition-eng] Def.:a new incontrovertible knower that is able to induce, through its own power, ascertainment that it by itself would not give rise to if the final nature of its own object of comprehension did not abide in the object

[division-bod] dbye ba1 don goms pa can gyi dbang mngon gyi tshad ma/ 2 don byed snang can gyi dbang mngon gyi tshad ma/ 3 rang rig mngon sum gyi tshad ma/ 4 rnal 'byor mngon sum gyi tshad ma/ 5 rjes su dpag pa'i tshad ma/

[division-eng] Div.:(1) sense direct prime cognizers having a familiar object; (2) sense direct prime cognizers to which the ability to perform a function appears; (3) self-knowing direct prime cognizers; (4) yogic direct prime cognizers; (5) inferential prime cognizers

[comments] one of the two types of prime cognizer; the other is: prime cognizer that induces ascertainment from another (gzhan las nges kyi tshad ma)