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Dr. Anupam Jash : Historical Development of Jaina Epistemology and Logic
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made an epoch-making revolution in the realms of Jaina philosophical and logical thoughts. Yasovijaya meticulously refined and re-constructed the whole Jaina philosophical and logical thoughts by his great erudition and re-interpreted the Jaina logic and philosophy in the Navya Nyāya 'style and made it up to date. He wrote 72 philosophical works in Sanskrit, Prākṣta, Gujarati and Hindi, The titles of some of them are Jaina Tarkabhaāṣā, Jñānabindu, Anekāntavyāvasthā, Astasahasri-Vivaraña, Nayāloka, SyādvādaMañjuşā, Nayarahasya, Nayopadeśa, Nyayakhandakhādya, Jñānārñava, Pramāṇarahasya etc.
The other epistemological works of this period after Yaśovijaya Sūri are Saptabhangītarangini of Vimala Dāsa, Syādvādabhāṣa of Subhavijaya, Ātāpapaddhati and Nayacakra of Devasena, Pramāna Vistāra and Nayadīpikā of Dharmabhuşaņa, Nayavāda and Tarkavāda of Prabhadeva, etc. These authors gave a comprehensive account of Jaina epistemology and logic. The main current of this period was not only the systematization of the logical notions but also the defense of non-adsolutism against the attack of absolutist systems.
But it has been seemed that modern researchers on Jainism have given comparatively less importance to these works than the works of post-Mahāvīra Jain philosophers.
This is, in brief, an outline of the Historical Development of Jaina Epistemology and Logic. The anekāntavāda, syādvāda and saptabhangi-naya as well as the theory of knowledge and the divisions of knowledge is the great contributions of Jainism to Indian philosophy. References : 1. Muni, Vijaya and Muni, Samadarsi. Agama Aur Vyakhya sahitya,
Ahmedabad, 1983, p. 14 Jain, Dinendra Chandra, Economic Life in Ancient Indian As Depicted in Jain Canonical Literature, Research Foundation of Prakrit, Jainology and
| SR No. | 520295 |
| Book Title | Jain Journal 2014 07 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Satyaranjan Banerjee |
| Publisher | Jain Bhawan Publication |
| Publication Year | 2014 |
| Total Pages | 90 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Magazine, India_Jain Journal, & India |
| File Size | 7 MB |