Jaina Philosophy

SR No.: 001180
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Mohanlal Mehta
Publisher: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
Publication Year: 1998
Total Pages: 328
Language: English
Classification: Book_English & Philosophy
File Size: 15 MB

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JUDGMENT
The substance of the pot is the clay of which it is made. Viewed from the point of view of this particular substance, the pot exists.
The place of the pot points to the locality where it is lying. Viewed from the point of view of a particular room, the pot exists.
The time of the existence of the pot is the present time in which it exists. Viewed from the point of view of eight o'clock, the pot exists.
The mode of the pot points to its form or shape. Viewed from the point of view of a particular form, such as its contracted neck, the pot exists. To be more clear, the proposition 'relatively the pot exists' means that the pot exists so far as its own individual form is concerned by reason of its substance, place, time and mode. Its substance points to the clay of which it is made, its place is the locality in which it stands, its time is the present time in which it exists and its mode points to its particular form such as its contracted neck.
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The proposition 'relatively the pot does not exist' means that the pot does not exist if looked at from the point of view of the absence of the characteristics of its substance, place, time and mode. To elucidate, the pot does not exist with reference to another substance, such as gold etc.; with reference to another place, such as some other room etc.; with reference to the time preceding its manufacture or succeeding its destruction, i. e., the past and future times; with reference to other modes, such as a broad neck etc. In this proposition the pot is looked at from the point of view of the absence of the four determining factors that are ascribed to the aspect of existence. But it is not a proposition contradictory to the first proposition. It does not deny the existence of the pot in so far as its specific properties are concerned but denies its existence when other properties that are not positively present in it are taken into consideration. This proposition stands