Gandharwad

SR No.: 011044
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Ratnaprabhvijay, D P Thaker
Publisher: Jain Granth Prakashak Sabha
Publication Year: 1942
Total Pages: 579
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 63 MB

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मानाद् भिद्यते । न चैवमसावात्मशब्दः शरीरादृतेऽन्यत्र प्रयुज्यमानः क्वचिदुपलब्धः, यत्र खल्वात्मशब्दश्रवणात् आत्मा इति प्रत्ययो भवेदिति । यदपि स्वर्ग नरकाद्यदृष्टार्थविषयं शाब्दं प्रमाणं तदपि तत्त्वतोऽनुमानं नातिवर्त्तते, तथाहि - " प्रमाणं स्वर्ग-नरकाद्यदृष्टार्थविषयं वचनम्, अविसंवादिवचनाप्तप्रणीतत्वात्, चन्द्रार्कोपरागादिवचनवत्" इत्येवमनुमानादेव तत्र प्रमाणता । न चैवम्भूतमासं कमपि पश्यामः, यस्यात्मा प्रत्यक्ष इति तद्वचनमागम इति ' प्रतिपद्येमहि ' इति शेषः ॥ ४ ( १५५२ ) ॥
D. C-The existence of the soul cannot be established by agama; for, after all, agama cannot be separated from anumana, as, really speaking, agama is (a kind of) anumāna.
Agama is defined as subda pramanu, and sabda (word) is two-fold, viz., (i) drstartha-visaya (pertaining to an object which is seen) and (ii) a-drstartha-visaya ( pertaining to an object which is not seen).
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The conviction which is arrived at, by means of a sabda and which is associated with an object that is seen, is really an outcome of anumana. For instance, first of all, one notices that the word ghata is used for an object whose belly is round and extensive, whose basin is raised up and hollowed out, whose neck is round and which is made up of earth. Thereafter, when he hears bring a ghata" he begins to reflect: None else but an object whose belly is round and extensive, etc., is styled as ghata; for, the word ghata is reserved for this object only a fact noticed in the shop of a potter. I hear the word ghata; so I should bring an object of that very kind, viz., one which is round, extensive etc. Having so inferred, he brings a 'ghata'. Hence, it will be seen that the sabda pramana which is associated with an object that is seen, is not separate from anumana.
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To think of the soul, the word 'soul' is not used for any other object but the body. Had it been, however, so used, one would have been convinced about the existence of the soul.