Aptamimansa

Author(s): Vijay K Jain
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Āptamīmāṁsā
The remaining nuances (limbs) of saptabhangi also fit appropriately in the naya scheme:
शेषभङ्गाश्च नेतव्या यथोक्तनययोगतः ।
न च कश्चिद्विरोधोऽस्ति मुनीन्द्र तव शासने ॥२०॥
सामान्यार्थ यथोक्त नय के अनुसार शेष भंगों - कथञ्चित् अवक्तव्य, कथञ्चित् सत् और अवक्तव्य, कथञ्चित् असत् और अवक्तव्य, तथा कथञ्चित् सत्, असत् और अवक्तव्य - को भी लगा लेना चाहिए। हे मुनीन्द्र ! (वस्तु-तत्त्व अनेकान्तात्मक होने के कारण ) आपके शासन में किसी प्रकार का विरोध नहीं है।
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The remaining nuances of saptabhangi simultaneous affirmation and negation (indescribability); affirmation and indescribability; negation and indescribability; and affirmation, negation and indescribability - should also be understood in respect of appropriate state or mode of the object (naya). O Lord of the Sages! There are no contradictions in your doctrine [of non-absolutism (anekāntavāda)].
It has been established that existence is not contradictory to non-existence and existence as well as non-existence are possible in a single entity. In the same manner, indescribability also, consisting of simultaneous affirmation and negation, has no mutual contradiction. The whole seven-nuance view, a combination of the triad of nuances defined as existence, nonexistence, and indescribability, has no contradictions whatsoever when viewed in light of the doctrine of nonabsolutism (anekāntavāda).
How is the association of these seemingly contradictory