Bharatharis critism in jain Logic

SR No.: 250028
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Narendrakumar Dash
Publisher: Z_Mohanlal_Banthiya_Smruti_Granth_012059.pdf
Publication Year: 1998
Total Pages: 9
Language: English
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दर्शन दिग्दर्शन
Further, Prabhacandra and Vadideva Suri ask the apponents that if there exists the SB then why do we not feel the existence of that? Here they give two alternatives:
(i) Due to the absence of Grāhaka (Grāhakatvābhāva) (ii) Due to the Avidyā (Avidyābhibhuta).10
We may not say that due to the first alternative the SB is not manifested, because, in the Sabdadvaitasiddhanta the SB is grāhaka and the grahaka-sakti always exists in it:11 and the second alternative also is not possible as the existence of Avidya is not recognised by the Jaina logicians. It is not out of context to mention that in the Nyayakumudacandra. Prabhacandra categorical rejects the existence of the Dvaividya? This standpoint of Prabhacandra is also supported by Vadideva suri in the Syadvādaratnākara's. In this context the Jaina logicians again argue that since the gråhaka-sakti exists always in the SB, we cannot say that due to the absence of the grāhaka-sakti the SB does not manifest. Again, Prabhacandr and Vadideva Suri argue that Avidya is neither identical with SB not with other than the SB14 and if it is other than the SB then either it is a vastu or it is avastu? Both these alternatives have been rejected by the Jaina logicians in their respective works and therefore, according to them, avidya is neither a vastu nor an avastu viz. ( na ca laghepa praheyatsayasya brahmanah tadasat tathapratibhåso muktotiprasangāt nāpyavasturaśād vastuno nyathābhävo
10. € athasti kasmanna prakasate-grahakabhavat
avidyabhibhutatvada. The Nyayakumuda-Candra, 1/5, p. 142. 11. Cf. grahyatvam grahakatvam ca dve sakti tejaso yatha tathaiva
sarvasabdanamete prthagavasthite. The Vakyapadiya, 1-55. 12. Ct; sahibrahmano vyatirikta atiaikia va?
etc. The Nyayakumuda-candra 1/5, p. 143. 13. Ct; sahi sabdobrahmanah sakasadbinna bhaved-abhinna va, 11/7,
p. 99. 14. Refer note 12 above.
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