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3. A CRITICAL STUDY OF SV, SVV AND SVT 95 7. Šāstrasiddhi : The value of śruta in spiritual path, the signification of sabda, the consciousness of Jiva while asleep, error of Jivas due to the rise of Karmas, refutation of theism, criticism of Nyāya conception of mokșa, the possibility of par excellence of knowledge in man, non-discrepancy of Syādvāda, repudiation of apaurușeyatva of Veda etc.
8. Sarvajñasiddhi : Knowledge of imperceptible things also is possible, vaktrtva etc. are not contradictory with omniscience, proof of omniscience on the basis of non-contradictory reasons, the impossibility of omniscience in the Sāṁkhya theory—omniscience is the result of the total destruction of knowledge-obscuring (jñānāvaranīya) Karmas etc.
9. Sabdasiddhi : the material nature of word, its nature of aggregation as shadow and light, the relation of the word and the meaning, word connotes particular object, significance of words even to establish the illusory nature of all things, if the particular is not signified by the word, it will become imperceptible, if the word denotes only the intention, there will be no discrimination between right and wrong, the discussion on the expression “eva', refutation of sphota......etc.
10. Arthanaya siddhi : naya is the standpoint of the knower, it is also pramāna, two fundamental nayas, Nirapeksa Naya (absolute) is mithyā (false), Naigama-naya (non-analytical), Sāṁkhya theory—a Naigamā-bhāsa (fallacy of Naigama), samgraha naya (collective) and its fallacy, Vyavahāra-naya (practical or empirical), Rju-sätra-naya (immediate)......etc.
11. Sabdanaya siddhi : The discussion of the nature of śabda, refutation of sphoța (doctrine of phonetic explosion), rejection of the eternalistic view of the word—sabdanaya, description of samabhirüdhanaya and evambhūtanaya etc.
12. Niksepasiddhi : The nature of niksepa (aspect or imposition). Its four divisions are: Nāma (name), Sthāpanā (picture), Dravya and Bhāva. The first three are related to Dravyāstika and bhāva with Paryāyāstika.
The topics discussed in SV and SVV and other allied topics are elaborately discussed by Anantavirya in SVT. (d) The style of SV and SVV:
It has been discussed more than once that Akalanka became an unflagging logician after a period of his career as an expositor of tradition ; his logical dissertations stand by themselves for their rigid, compact and complicated style. Anantavīrya as has been found already, expresses his inability to follow Akalanka. He also refers to it (SV) as 'sūktisadratnākara'l. Vādirāja and Prabhācandra also express their inability
1 SVT. p. 1.
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