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Verse 109
negation (nişedha), qualified with the word 'syāť (literally, in some respect; indicative of conditionality of predication) dispels any contradictions that can occur in thought. The student of metaphysics in Jainism is advised to mentally insert the word ‘syāt before every statement of fact that he comes across, to warn him that it has been made from one particular point of view, which he must ascertain.
Ācārya Amộtcandra's Puruşārthasiddhyupāya:
परमागमस्य बीजं निषिद्धजात्यन्धसिन्धुरविधानम् । सकलनयविलसितानां विरोधमथनं नमाम्यनेकान्तम् ॥ २ ॥ I bow to Anekānta (the doctrine of manifold points of view - relative pluralism), the root of unmatched Jaina Scripture, that reconciles the partial viewpoints of men, born blind, about the elephant, and which removes all contradictions about the nature of substances by apprehending reality through multiplicity of viewpoints.
Acārya Amrtcandra has termed the doctrine of nonabsolutism (anekāntavāda) as the root of the Jaina Scripture. Without a clear understanding of this gem of Jainism, men of this world are like the blind men of the parablel; they insist on their partial knowledge being accepted for the whole truth.
1. See Jain, Vijay K. (2012), "Shri Amritchandra Suri's Purusārtha
siddhyupāya - with Hindi and English Translation", p. 3-4.
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