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Saptabhangi
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and western philosophy. He specifically states, in his lecture on “Jain and Brahmin"i that Saptabhangi is not doubtful knowledge; it is a line of thought that reveals the varying forms of the nature of truth. Shri Narmadashanker Mehta, a great scholar of almost all the traditions of Indian philosophy, bas in bis "Hindu Tattvajñānano Itihāsa" ( History of Indian philosoply) (on pp. 213-219) parrated Saptabhangi purely from a non-sectarian point of view. This is really worth reading. When Dr. Radhakrishdana, Dasgupta 3 etc. analyscs Saptabhangi, it is purely from a thorough grasp of Jain point of view.
(Darśan aur Ciotan, pt. 2, p. 503-504)
1. Apaņo Dharma, p. 673. 2. Indian Philosophy, Vol. one, p. 302. 3. History of Indian Philosophy, Vol, one, p. 179.
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