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ssity'. (v) 'In another context, the jar both does exist and is inexpressible as a matter of factual necessity'. (vi) 'In another context, the jar both does not exist and is inexpressible as a matter of factual necessity'. (vii) 'In another context, the jar both does exist, does not exist, and is inexpressible as a matter of factual necessity'.
(Note) For an elaborate exposition of the different propositions in the sevenfold predication, the reader is referred to The Jaina Philosophy of Non-absolutism by Dr. S. Mookerjee. १८. अनिराकृतेतरांशो वस्त्वंशग्राही प्रतिपत्तुरभिप्रायो नयः।
अनन्तधर्मात्मकस्य वस्तुनो विवक्षितमंशं गृह्णन्, इतरांशान् अनिरा
कुवंश्च ज्ञातुरभिप्रायः-नयः । 18. anirākrtetarāṁso vastvaņģagrāhi pratipattur abhiprāyo nayah.
anantadharmātmakasya vastuno vivakşitam assam gļhnan, itarām. śān anirākurvamś ca jñātur abhiprāyah-nayah.
(Aph.) The intention of a knowing subject to take cognizance of a particular aspect of reality without repudiation of the other aspects is called naya (that is, a way of approach and observation). (XVIII)
(Gloss) A 'naya' means the intended purpose of the knower, which comprehends the intended part of the entity possessed of infinite number of attributes without discarding the other parts of the entity).
(Note) It cannot be considered as a valid cognition since it takes cognition of a part of the real, nor can it be regarded as invalid cognition being conversant with an actually real part of an objective fact. It is called a fragment of a valid cognition.
PE. ATA-ting-a7a77-794-974-HAHETAT: 1 19. naigama-saṁgraha-vyavahāra -rjusūtra-śabda - samabhirudhai - vaṁ.
bhūtā).
(Aph.) (The ways of approach and observation are sevenfold, viz.) (i) pantoscopic (figurative and conventional), (ii) synthetic, (iii) analytic (and particularistic), (iv) straight (and direct), (v) verbalistic, (vi) etymological, and (vii) actualistic. (XIX) २०. संकल्पग्राही नैगमः।
निगमः देशः संकल्प उपचारो वा, तत्र भवो नैगमः । 20. saņkalpagrāhi naigamaḥ.
nigamah deśaḥ samkalpa upacāro vā, tatra bhavo naigamaḥ.
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