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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Epistemology of Jainas
written a Vārtika and its commentary on Nyāyāvatāra. He has refuted Akalanka and supported Siddhasena.
RATNAPRABHA (1181 A. D.):
He has written a moderate-sized commentary on Pramāņanayatattvaloka. The commentary is named as Ratnākarāvatārika meaning that it is a small treatise to understand the ocean like Syādvādaratnākara. Its bombastic style sometimes surpasses the limits of a philosophical work. Nevertheless, it is a handy work for the student of Jaina philosophy.
MALLISENA (1229 A. D.):
The commentary known as Syādvādamañjari by Mallisena occupies very important position in the Jaina logical literature. It is widely read. Like Hemacandra, Mallisena also does not like unnecessary expansion. He deals with every subject precisely, covering all the essential points. It is a summary of the Jaina philosophical conceptions. Its account of other systems is. lucid and faithful.
GUŅARATNA (1400 A. D.):
He wrote a Výtti on Haribhadra's Saddarśanasamuccaya. It was first published in 1905 by the Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal. The work gained a considerable popularity among the eastern as well as the western scholars. It is highly useful to have a comparative view of the Indian systems of philosophy. Gunaratna is very accurate and faithful in giving the account of all the systems. Its faithfulness can be judged from the fact that it is quoted by way of referenee to represent the views of all the systems. At the same time it is so clear that certain obscure points, which the works of those respective systems have left unexplained are easily understood tbrough it.
The Introduction of Navyanyāya The Indian logic took a new turn with the advent of Gangesopādhyāya in the beginning of the thirteenth century. He laid