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________________ SVABHAVAVADA (NATURALISM) : A STUDY 113 commentary to the Nyayasutra, explains the sutra by adding a few examples. In Mathara-vrtti to the samkhya-karika (v. 61), along with Isvara and Kala, Svabhava is mentioned as the cause of the world, of course, from others' point of view and dismissed as non-existent. In his commentary to the Samkhya-karika (v. 61) Gaudapada? writes : "Others say, Svabhava is cause of the world : By what (or whom) the swan is created white, the peacock of many colours ?"; that is, they are so naturally ... for Pradhana, from its universal creative power, is the cause of even Kala (Time); even Svabhava merges into it; and, therefore, neither Kala nor Svabhava is cause. Prakrti (=Pradhana) alone, therefore, is cause. Thus according to Gaudapada Svabhava merges into the all-embracing cause called Praksti. In the commentary to Brhatsamhita (Bhatta) Utpala writes : The world with its variety originates and gets destroyed through Svabhava alone and none else. They (Svabhavavadins) declare : "What fashions the sharpness of thorns, and the varied nature of beast and birds, the sweetness of sugar-cane and bitter taste of nimba ? All this comes about by Svabhava." It may be noted, in passing, that this verse bears close resemblance to Asvaghosa's verse cited above. In the Sarva-Siddhanta-Sangraha Samkaracarya briefly states the doctrine of Svabhava thus : "In consequence of the existence of pleasure and pain, merit and demerit should not be here in this connection) postulated by others. A man feels pleasure or pain by nature and there is no other cause for it. Who colours wonderfully the peacocks, or who makes the cuckoos COO so well ? There is in respect of these no cause other than nature." In his commentary10 to the Visesavasyakabhasya Maladhari Hemacandra quotes three verses giving the views of Svabhavavadins. "The supporters of the doctrines of Svabhava (nature, inner nature, natural development) teach that all things originate without any cause. They do not regard even 'sva' (own, itself) as cause. What makes the varied nature of lotuses and of thorns and the like ? What has fashioned the variegated plumage of peacocks ? Whatever is found in this world is all without cause and due to mere accident. Like the sharpness of thorns human happiness and grief come about by Svabhava only." In the course of his discussion about the Svabhavavada (Introduction to Stud.-15 Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org
| SR No. | 001868 |
| Book Title | Studies in Jain Literature |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | V M Kulkarni |
| Publisher | Shardaben Chimanbhai Educational Research Centre |
| Publication Year | 2001 |
| Total Pages | 114 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English, Literature, & Story |
| File Size | 14 MB |