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

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________________ 153 princes' attitude, as established by the fourth Bbanga was, however, described by us, as 'freedom-loving' So, when the sixth manner of predication made two judgments,-viz., 1. The ruling chiefs did not keep their principalities isolated from the Indian Union when India became independent and 2. The chiefs were freedomloving;-we do not get the same attributes restated but come across a new aspect of the princes' character viz , ' a capacity to act in accordance with the Spirit of the time ', an aspect which could be found neither in the negative judgment nor in the judgment of the fourth manner of predication nor even in the two judg. ments, externally put together. (4). With reference to the fourth example also, we get a similar simple, unitary and novel idea about the object under observation. So far as the people of Kashmir are concerned, the nature ( in a sense, the Dravya ) :of the Indian Union is not bellicose in respect of their country. So far again as the invading people of Pakistan are concerned, the nature ( in a sense, the Dravya ) of the Indian Government is bellicose. The two propositions render the nature of the Indian Government as inexpressible,-bellicose-cum-notbellicose, and we have chosen to describe this Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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