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counted among the agnostics. They are said to be of 24 types. In the 5 eighth sthana (chapter) of Sthanang Sutra eight types of akriyavadis have been listed. They are
1. Ekavadi—They have faith in one thing only. Those who deny hi every other thing than that one are all ekavadis (monists) or
advaitavadı (non-dualists). Some thinkers postulate that everything in this world is based on matter, some others believe that shabd 556 (sound) is supreme, and still others that Brahma (the creator God) is 4 supreme.
2. Anekavadi-They believe that all the constituent parts of a 'fi thing have their own independent entitative existence. All the si available attributes in nature have their individual subjects. As the are infinite variations of a thing they believe in multiplicity of every single thing.
3. Mitavadi—They believe that the universe is confined to the seven continents and seas. They consider soul to be a minute entity, at the most, of the size of a human thumb, and not enveloping the body or all enveloping. They consider only the normally visible beings 4 as living beings and not the minute or invisible organisms. All these si who have such truncated views about soul are called mitavadı. Si
4. Nirmitavadi—They believe that this world is a creation of some one power or the other. This class includes all those who believe in some invisible divine power or its conceptual form like Brahma, Vishnu, Mahesh, Devi, etc. as creator, sustainer, and destroyer.
5. Satavadi--Some people believe that the source of happiness is fi happiness itself and the same about sorrow. As a cloth woven with si white thread is white, in the same way enjoying pleasure will bring i pleasure in future as well. Austerities, discipline, continence, etc. pain to body and mind, therefore they are the root cause of sorrow. Such believers in comforts and pleasures to the body and mind to be the sources of the ultimate happiness for a being are called satavadi. i
6. Samucchedavadi—They believe in the ephemeral nature of everything including soul and also that with death or destructions comes the final termination of their existence
7. Nityavadi—They believe that everything has only one singles 55 and stable form of existence. There is no growth or decay and noy श्री नन्दीसूत्र
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