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________________ Lord Sreyansanatha existence of the remaining attributes I called the secondary attributes. A substance, thus, exhibits attributes like a friend, a foe, and neither a friend nor a foe; it incorporates duality of attributes (and their combinations)* which truly explain its existence. *A single substance is endowed with infinite attributes and the Jaina doctrine of syādavāda is a system of scientific safeguards that aims at maintaining proper consistency in metaphysical thought. When a particular attribute of a substance is in view, the existence of the remaining attributes is not denied. The speech is resolvable into seven forms, called saptabhangi - the seven-fold mode of predications - in Jaina metaphysics, as follows: 1. syad-asti - it is - affirmation of the proposition; as being, with respect to itself. Example: Somehow (in some respect or in certain context) the pitcher certainly is - syādastyeva ghaṭaḥ 2. syad-nāsti - it is not - denial of the proposition; as not being, with reference to another. Example: Somehow (in some respect or in certain context) the pitcher certainly is not - syannastyeva ghaṭaḥ 3. syad-avaktavya - it is indescribable - simultaneous affirmation and denial of the proposition; as indescribable, simultaneously with reference to itself and another. Example: Somehow (in some respect or in certain context) the pitcher certainly is indescribable - syadavaktavya eva ghaṭaḥ 73
SR No.007721
Book TitleSwayambhustotra
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorVijay K Jain
PublisherVikalp
Publication Year2015
Total Pages246
LanguageEnglish, Hindi, Sanskrit
ClassificationBook_English & Book_Devnagari
File Size3 MB
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