Collection Of Jaina Philosophical Tracts

Author(s): Nagin J Shah
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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cms. x 11 cms The bandwriting is beautiful and uniform The ms belongs to c 1600 VS It is to be noted that the writer has left three columns blank.
It is not known as to who is the author of this small work. But it is certain that he is a Jaina because he upholds the vtew that sabda is a mode of matter. In this small work he has collected syllogisms for and/or against some important philosophical views He bas given some syllogisms for omniscience He has gleaned main syllogisms for and against iśvarakartstva (the view that God is the creator of the world) and prapancamithyatoa (the view that the world is an illusion) After that he has first given some inferences in favour of Vijñanavāda idealism and then has refuted it by demolishing its doctrine of citrajñāna After this first he has collected the inferences that prove sabdabralmayāda (theory of Absolute Logos) and then has given inferences that prove the existence of artha (objects) fodependent of Sabda (Word) He has collected twelve syllogisms that prove šabda (sound) to be non-material Afterwards, he has given syllogisms that establish the position that sabda is material in the section of pramanayada he has first lucidly explained the Cārvāka position that inference is not a means of knowledge (pramāna) But afterwards he has strongly established the position that anumāna is a pramāna.
The tract contains quotations from the Vakyapadiya and the Brhadārnyakabhaşyavārtika.
(4) Vādacaluskam
The text of this small treatise is edited on the basis of the manuscript belonging to Muni Sbri Sāgaracandra Collection preserved in L D Institute of Indology, Abmedabad The ms bears No 144 It has five folios The handwriting in the folio No. 1 is bigger than that in the remaining folios The first folio bas 19 lines per side and 55 letters per line Each of the remaining folios has 22 or 23 lines per side and 73 letters per line The size of the ms is 25.5 cms x 108 cms The condition of the manuscript is good It belongs to c 1690 V. S It is copied by Rūpasundara, a pupil of Rūjasundara It has no general title. Hence we have given the general title yadacaluşham as it contains four Vadasthalas
The author of this treatise is not know. But this much is certain that he is a Jaina.
This treatise contains four Vadas (Discussions), Vız (1) Agnišitatvastha. panāizdo (Discussion Icading to the establishment of the coolness as a quality of fire). (2) Sarsaj fasthapahasthalam (Discussion leading to the establish. ment of an Omniscient being), (3) Chiarastha pahasthalam (Discussion that