Is Viveka a Unique Pramaá¹[double dagger]a in the Vivekacuá¸OEamaá¹[double dagger]i?

Issue Title: Special Issue on Appayya Diká¹£ita and his Contexts This is an enquiry based on the Vivekacuá¸OEamaá¹[double dagger]i (VC), the primary focus of which is to present viveka (discrimination) along with its three catalysts, namely, ruti, tarka, and anubhava as the unique pramaá¹[double dagger]a of Ultimate Knowledge. This paper discusses the significance of the six popular pramaá¹[double dagger]as of Advaita Vedanta (AV) and reiterates that as far as AV is concerned epistemologically those pramaá¹[double dagger]as have merely a provisional value (vyavaharika). In accordance with the purport of VC this paper argues that ruti and tarka, culminating in anubhava (trans-empirical insight sans experience) are blind in themselves and are enthusiastically carried forward by viveka (discrimination) for the attainment of the final realisation. This paper concludes that viveka, along with its three catalysts namely, ruti, tarka, and anubhava is the sole pramaá¹[double dagger]a of the trans-empirical experiential knowledge of Brahman.