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Following systems do not accept Verbal Testimony as an independent pramāṇa :

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Cārvāka, Buddhism, Vaiśeṣika

Indian schools differ on how many independent means of valid knowledge (pramāṇa) exist, and verbal testimony (śabda) is the most disputed after inference.

The Cārvāka accepts perception alone. Buddhism (Dignāga, Dharmakīrti) accepts only perception and inference and treats valid testimony as a form of inference. Vaiśeṣika likewise admits perception and inference only and reduces śabda to inference. All three therefore deny testimony an independent status.

Jainism accepts āgama (scriptural testimony) as a pramāṇa. Nyāya counts śabda among its four pramāṇas. Sāṅkhya counts āptavacana as its third pramāṇa beside perception and inference. Each of the other groups therefore contains at least one school that accepts testimony.

Cārvāka, Buddhism, Vaiśeṣika option is correct.

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