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The object of the commentator is, over and above the object of the original author to discuss in details all the doctrines occuring in the various systems of philosophy and to refer to all the doctrines developing and developed in his own times. to refute the rival doctrines and to establish the doctrine of Anekānta advancing all the existing arguments and adding new arguments of his own.
(ii) When a particular author writes a particular work, his main object is to show that the doctrines or views which he advocates are eminently sound among all others in his own times. Not that these currents of thoughts, as advocated by the author, are altogether novel, but the author merely infuses a new life into them and this is done in the following way :-. . 1. By a comparative study of all the currents of
thoughts kindred and rival. . .. 2. By deep observation and critical remarks. 3. Bg establishing the supremacy of one's own
doctrines either by means of comparison or by means of refutation of the charges levelled
against one's own doctrine. 4. By new systematisation and infusing new life in
old doctrines. Mimāṁsā-Sūtras were written as a result of the study of the Vedas and Upnişads. The study of the ancient school of logic, of the analysis of the principles of the universe, of the various ways of attaining liberation, gave birth to the systems of Nyāya-Vaiseșika, Sankhya and Yoga, The study of Jaina scriptures and Pitakas
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