Jaina Epistemology

SR No.: 006738
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Indra Chandra Shastri
Publisher: Parshwanath Vidyapith
Publication Year: 1990
Total Pages: 516
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 21 MB

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History and Sources
31 quotes Dinnāga and Bhartphari, but not Dharmakirti or Akalanka. PĀTRAKEŚARIN (8th Cent.) :
Another luminary in this era was Pātra keśarin or Pātrasvāmin as referred in many works. He wrote a purely logical work named 'Trilaksaņa-kadarthana' refuting the theory of Trilakṣaṇa accepted by Dinnāga, the establishing Anyathānupapatti (logical impossibility of one in the absence of other) as the only criterion of middle term. Nyāyāvatāra also defines hetu in the same manner.
It may be observed here that Nyāyāvatāra and Trilakşaņakadarthana are the only works of this age which can be regarded as independent contribution to proper logic. Out of them the latter is not available. The other works of this period mainly discuss the principles of Naya, Syādvāda and Anekāntavāda. Pt. Sukhlal and Prof. Malavania have coined this age as the age of the establishment of Syādvāda.1
Another scholar of this period is referred as Śridatta. He is attributed with the authorship of Jalpanirņaya. But his work is not available. Ācārya Sumati, with the authorship of a commentary on Sanmati is referred by Sāntirakṣita in his Tattvasamgraha.? But this work also is not available.
THE PERIOD OF ACTUAL LOGIC The contribution of Buddhist thinkers towards Indian logic cannot be overestimated. The history of logic and philosophy is nothing but the history of attacks and counter-attacks between the Buddhists and the other systems. Asanga and Vasu. bandhu propounded the theory of idealism. Dirināga supported it by refuting the validity of Pramāņas on which the edifice of realism stood. He was the father of Buddhist logic. Alongwith the refutation of objective realism accepted by the Nyāya,
1. Jaina Sāhitya Samsodhaka Vol. 3, p. 127 2. Tattvasam graha p. 379