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chandral, Abhayadeva Sūria, Rajasekhara3, Vadibh Singh Sūrit, Anantakirtis, Mapikyanandis, Pūjyapāda Devanandi?, Šanti Sūris, Yasovijaya, Mallavădinio, Vadi Deva Sūril1, Nemichandra 2, Hemchandra13, Mallisena14, Dharmabhūşana15, Devendra Sūri16, etc. are relevant. (7) Mimamsaka's Objections and Their Replies
The Mimamsakas try to show that omniscience cannot be established through any of the Pramānas, 17 It cannot be established through Pratyakşa. Perception implies sense-objectcontact during the present time and in the case of KevalaJñāna, this is lacking. To this, we can say that the question of sense-object-relation is not always valid, because things are beyond the power of senses. Such invisible things like atoms, things or persons remote in time or things far beyond 1. Nyāya-Kumuda-Candra of Prabhacandra (Manika cha
ndra Jaina Granthamala, Bombay); Prameya-KamalaMārtanda of Prabhacandra (Nirpaya Sagar Press,
Bombay ). 2. Commentary on : Sanmati-Prakarapa. 3. Syädvăda-Kalika. 4. Syädvåda-Siddhi. 5. Prameya-Ratnamala. 6. Parikşa-Mukham. 7. Sarvārtha-Siddhi. 8. Nyāyāvatara-Varttika. Vștti ( Singhi Jaina Granthamala ). 9. Jää na-Bindu-Prakarana of Yasovijaya (Singhi Jaina
Granthamala ). 10. Nyaya-Bindu. 11. Pramāņa-Naya-Tattvaloka. 12. Dravya-Sangraha by Nemichandra. 13. Parīkşa-Mukham of Manikya Nandi. 14. Syadvád-Mañjari. 15. Nyāya-Dipikā. 16. Karma-Granthas ( Atmananda Jaina Granthamala ). 17. Mimāmsă-Darsana, I. 1. 4.
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