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1: The Anekānta Theory of Existence 17-41 Basic conceptions of Jaina philosophy
17 Meaning of Anekānta Negation as a dharma or trait Hegel and the Jaina Negation
23 An objection answered Reality as a featureless entity Reality as pure being Substance as unity-cum-diversity Substance, attributes, modes and traits 33 Jaina dynamism of substance Absolute dynamism of reality considered Jaina theory of reality as illustrated by a
prepositional and a mathematical function 40
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2: The Doctrine of Syādvāda or
Jaina Dialectic Introduction Main spirit of the Jaina dialectic Some illustrations of the partial comprehensions
44 (i) Kant on partial comprehensions, (ii) Hegel on partial comprehensions, (iii) Sankara on partial comprehensions, (iv) Madhyamika on partial comprehensions. Import of contexts or reference-systems
in the Jaina dialectic Validity of partial comprehensions
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