Nyaya Kusumanjali

SR No.: 004893
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Nyayavijay
Publisher: Vadilal Dahyabhai Ahmedabad
Publication Year: 1922
Total Pages: 438
Language: Gujarati
Classification: Book_Gujarati
File Size: 17 MB

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ન્યાય કુસુમાંજલિ
{ 1974 welcomed him and said, "Oh Gautama Indrabhuti, you have doubt about the existence of Jiva and this doubt of yours is based on your coming across Srutis apparently of a contradictory nature.” He further said, “ You take the Sruti "fanaa paa att भूतेभ्यः समुत्थाय तान्येवानुविनश्यति, न च प्रेत्यसंज्ञाऽस्तीति' to mean that just as power of infatuation springs up from the intoxicating substances, so does Jiva that performs acts like going and coming, rise up from the elements-eartb, water, fire and air ; and that it gets merged into them like a bubble in water, and hence Jira is not distinct from elements and hence as there is no Jirar, there is no next world ( Pretyasanjna ). But this interpretation of yours is not correct, for Vijnanaghana does not mean Jiva performing acts like going and coming, but it means a store of consciousnessknowledge and perception : and it is a name given to Jiva as every particle of it possesses infinito knowledge. ( According to Jainism knowledge and the knower are said to be the same from a particular stand-point ). Moreover, Bhuta, here means the development of elements i substances like a pitcher, a pieco of cloth, etc., and Pretyasanina connotes consciousness of the former knowledge. The correct meaning of the Sruti is that Jiva rises up from substances, for, when a pitcher is seen, there arises its consciousness and as Jivå may be looked upon as non-different from knowledge, it may be said that it is produced
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