Book Title: Anekantavada
Author(s): Harisatya Bhattacharya
Publisher: Atmanand Jain Sabha

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________________ 144 (1) Thus, let us refer to our first example, in the preceding chapter. The Indian Union fights in some places ( Kshetra ) . g. Hyderabad; it does not fight in some places (Kshetra ); 2000rding to the fourth predioation, the nature of the Union was inexpressible therefore. Though inexpressible, we have chosen to describe it as "non-violent". The Indian Union is thus nonviolent-this is one judgment and the other judgment, according to the fifth Bhanga, is that the Union fights in Hyderabad. The combination of these two propositions,-the fifth Bhanga gives us a new idea and a new aspect of the reality i. e, of the Indian Union.-" A non-violent state fighting or ' a fighting state being non-violent' is certainly more than a state 'simply fighting' or a "state simply non-violent,"-even more than the two phenomena of its fighting and nonviolence juxtaposed. The unitary and the noncomplex truth that is iniplied by the fifth predication is that India fighting in Hyderabad is India having been essentially ' injured.' (2) By application of the fifth Bhanga to the second example of the last chapter, we get the two propositions, 1. The Indian Union Government suppresses some acts, done in the name of the religion. 2. The Indian Union Government Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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