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[The Doctrine of Syadwad
the view points of the first two the pot and the crown are two different things while for the third they are the same. Therefore in gold there is partial unity and partial diversity This is called पर्याय दृष्टि or द्रव्य दृष्टि ( Paryaya Drishti or Dravya Drishti )
Well in this way a tries to corelate qualities apparently contradictory but really harmonious and there fore it is defined as that which churns unity out of contradiction. " विरोध मथेन हि स्याद्वादः ।
Answering the criticisms
Led away by ignorance of the real nature of Syadvad and the hatred of alien system of thought, critics have put forth serious objections to this all-applicable principle of Syadvad. We shall briefly deal with them here.
Is diversity Anekamt really diverse or is it unitary in any aspect ? If it is always diverse it becomes unitary by itself. Then this doctrine which lays down the principle that all things have diversity connot be correct as diversity is unitary. If we think diversity as unitary in certain aspects then all the defects seen in Ekant ( unity) would come in here as well. But even then the question cannot be finally settled. For is the unitary nature you accepted a while ago really unitary or divergent. ? In this way questions will go on rising. This serious defect is found in the acceptance of diversity.
The explanation of this is that diversity is not completely divergent nor completely unitary but is partially diverse and partially unitary. The diversity is of two kinds: (i) Samyaganekant (true diversity) (ii) Mithya Anekant (false diversity.) Similarly unity is also of two
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