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The depth of Syād-vida and the real impar. tiality of a Syad-vādin are amply borne out in the above quotation. To & Syād-vadin no proposition by itself is true or untrue. Whether a proposition is laid down in his soriptures or in those of others, he regards it as correct or incorrect only after a careful consideration thereof,
When & theory is advanced from any quarter, & Syad-vādin approaches it with an open and dis passionate mind. He scans it, scrutinises it, sifts it from irrelevant stuff, tries to see from which aspect it is sustainable and from which aspect it is not, considers its merits and demerits and then alone pronounces judgment upon it. The Syād-vādin, therefore, tries to comprehend every thing from every conceiveable view-point and then alone formulates a proposition regarding a particular matter in question. He is fully cognisant of the fact that the proposition advanced by him will be right one only, if it is consistent with the Drishta' and Ishta? Pramānas.
Thus the Syād-vādin gives the widest possible indulgence to every conceiveable theory.
1 Knowledge derived with the help of senses.
2 Knowledge derived with the help of Agamas and Logic
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