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The coordination of 'proofs' is present. In this epistemology, the discernment of knowledge and ignorance resembles the understanding of truth and falsehood in the Nyaya philosophy as well as the proofs and discernment of error in the Yoga philosophy. The clear exposition of 'naya' (point of view) in this work is not found anywhere in other philosophies. In brief, we can say that, instead of the epistemology described in Vedic and Buddhist philosophy, Uma Swati has meticulously presented the Jain philosophical understanding in this knowledge inquiry.
The essential points of Jneyamimamsa - the Jneyamimamsa describes the two basic elements of the world: living beings (jiva) and non-living beings (ajiva), with the discussion of the living element occurring across three chapters from two to four. In the second chapter, alongside the general nature of the living element, various distinctions and many related matters concerning worldly beings are discussed. The third chapter describes the residents of the lower realms, the humans of the middle realm, and the animals (such as mammals and birds), bringing in the entirety of the geography of hell and the human world in relation to many associated matters. The fourth chapter describes the divine creation, including various divine abodes in addition to cosmology and their abundance. In the fifth chapter, the general characteristics of each substance are explained, providing a detailed discussion of substances based on their similarities and dissimilarities.
The main sixteen points in Jneyamimamsa are as follows:
In the second chapter - 1. The nature of the living element. 2. The distinctions among worldly beings. 3. The distinctions among senses, their names, subjects, and the division of senses in living beings. 4. The state between death and birth. 5. The distinctions of births and their locations and their division from the perspective of species. 6. The distinctions of bodies, their proportion, their owners, and their simultaneous possibility. 7. The gender division of species and the indication for those who experience unbroken longevity. In the third and fourth chapters - 8. The lower world.