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The Rudi
by Shankar.
AN EPITOME OF JAINISM. the doctrine of the Jainas is not to be recognised. In his famous scholium on the Brahma Sutras, Acharya Shankara, the ablest exponent of the Adwaita Vedanta philosophy while commenting on the canon referred to, writes :
The Jainas admit of seven predicaments mentary such as (1) Jiva (2) Ajiva (3) Asrava, Principles of Jain philo- (4) Sambara, (5) Nirjarâ, (6) Bandha, and sophy as arised (7) Moksha. These seven they admit and
nothing beyond these.
Summarily speaking, the Jiva and the Ajiva, are the two primary predicaments. The others are included in either of these two. Besides they admit of five composites or compounds from the above two categories and are designated as “Astikayas" or composites such as Tivåstikaya, Pudgalästikaya, Dharmå stikaya, Adharmästikaya, and Akåshåstikaya. They fancy, again, an infinite number of variations of these 'astikayas' or composite and to all and each of these, they apply their so-called synthetic logic known by the name of Saptabhangi naya in the following manner :
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