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________________ 264 STUDIES IN JAIN LITERATURE down upon with contempt and ridicule by orthodox Pandits in his days. This view, seems to be plausible. Now, we take up the second part of the present paper, viz., the interpretation of ths six karikas ('Nyayanirnaya', w 5-10): V5. सत्त्वादयः प्रमाणाभ्यां प्रत्यक्षमनुमा च ते / असाधारण सामान्य विषयत्वंतयोः किल / i) Naganatha Sastry translates the first quarter as follows: By Pramanas arise the ideas of Existence, etc. (p. 90) ii) Tatacharya comments on the quarter thus : प्रमाणाभ्यां सत्त्वादयः द्रव्य-गुणादयः पदार्थाः सिद्ध्यन्ति / मानाधीना हि मेयसिद्धिः / सत्त्वमिति वैयाकरणसंप्रदायवासनया द्रव्ये / पदार्थानां सत्त्वासत्त्वतुच्छत्वादीनि वा सत्त्वादय इत्युक्तानि / iii) The reading 'sattvadayah' deserves consideration. Bhamaha himself uses the word 'sandha' further on in the same chapter twice : सन्धादि साधनं सिद्ध्यै (? v. 32. c) and सन्धाऽभ्युपगमाद्विना (v. 45. b) Now, the Kalpalataviveka (KLV) reads : 'sandhadayah' in place of 'sattvadayah'. This reading perfectly suits the context as would be seen from the following passage in KLV : सन्धादय इति / प्रमाणमूला इति / तथाहि अग्निमान् पर्वत इति प्रतिज्ञायां पर्वतस्तावत् प्रत्यक्षेण निश्चीयते / अग्निसंबन्धस्तु तस्यानुमानात् प्रतीयत इति प्रतिज्ञायाः प्रत्यक्षानुमानमूलत्वम् / ....प्रतिज्ञाहेतूदाहरणानामनन्तरोदितेन न्यायेन प्रत्यक्षानुमानमूलत्वादेतदुक्तम् / प्रतिज्ञाहेतुदृष्टान्ताः प्रमाणमूला इति / - (p. 46 11, 1-16) So with the indisputably genuine reading supplied by KLV, we may translate the verse as follows : Pratijna, etc., established-proved to be correct (or otherwise) by means of the two proofs : the two proofs are Perception and Inference. The object (or sphere or area of operation) of Perception is asadharana (=visesa = svalaksana) while samanya forms the object of Inference. The word 'adayah in 'sandhadayah' obviously stands for Hetu and Drstanta as shown by KLV in the passage cited above. The use of the word 'kila' suggests, according to Tatacharya, that the doctrine of 'Pramanavyavastha' is not acceptable to Bhamaha (kilety anangikare 1). "According to the Buddhist view there are two different sources of 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 |