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from its material cause) unlike the Sankhya and Vedânta, according to which, cause and effect are the same. The Satkârya doctrine of the Sankhya and Vedanta, Max Muller explains thus “No real effect would be possible, without the continuation of its cause. Though different in appearance or phenominally, both are the same substantially. An effect is not something newly produced or created, it is a new manifestation only, the cause being never destroyed but rendered invisible only." The difference may be given shortly in Dr. Bhandarkar's words. The doctrine of Satkârya maintains " that an effect is the same as its material cause or pre-exists in that cause and is made manifest by the operation which that cause undergoes ''; while the advocates of Asat. karya maintain " that the effect which is produced is something new and and did not exist before." After understanding the dif"ference between Satkárya' and 'Asatkárya,' we are in a position to understand the Jain
Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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