Book Title: Essence Of Jaina Scriptures
Author(s): Jagdish Prasad Jain
Publisher: Kaveri Books

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________________ APPENDIX 395 moment; like a woman who is acting as a man. 16. According to "the method of generality" (samanya-naya) it is something which pervades (vyapin); like the string which binds together the necklace. 17. According to "the method of particularisation" (vishesha-naya) it is something which does not pervade; like one pearl of that necklace. 18. According to "the method of the permanence" (nitya-naya) it is something which persists (in something else); like a [continually] dancing youth (read natad-yuvavad). 19. According to "the method of the non-permanence" (a-nityanaya) it is something which does not persist (in something else); like (the two roles) Rama and Ravana. 20. According to "the method of the omnipresence" (sarvagatanaya) it is something which is everywhere; like an eye with eyelids open. 21. According to "the method of the non-omnipresence" (asarvagata-naya) it is something which abides in itself; like an eye with eyelids closed. 22. According to "the method of the vacuous" (shunya-naya) it is something which appears as its self alone; like an empty house. 23. According to "the method of the non-vacuous" (a-shunya-naya) it is something which appears as non-vacuous (with a content); like a ship loaded with passengers. 24. According to "the method of the unity [or non-duality] of knowledge and knowable" (jnana-jneya-advaita-naya) it is one thing; like fire, when evolved through a great mass of fuel. 25. According to "the method of the duality of knowledge and knowable" (jnana-jneya-dvaita-naya) it is several things; like a looking glass in combination with the images of other things. 26. According to "the method of the determinism" (or necessary, niyati-naya) it is something which appears as having a determined nature; like fire, which possesses heat as a determination. 27. According to "the method of the contingent" (aniyati-naya) it is something which appears as having a contingent nature; like water, which possesses heat not determined by necessity. 28. According to "the method of nature" (svabhava-naya) it is something for which manipulation is superfluous; like a thorn, which is sharp [by nature] without being sharpened.

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