First Principal of the Jaina Philosophy

Author(s): Hirachand Liladhar Zaveri
Publisher: Jaina Vividh Sahitya Shastramala

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THE FIRST PRINCIPLES OF
observing twelve kinds of austerities (tapas). This nirjara is twofold—I) sakama and (2) akama. The first consists in observing the means of working out the karmas with the desire of attaining some high ideal; the second is effected through the natural decay of karmas.
The seventh principle is absolute deliverance [moksha). It is defined as the absolute destruction of every karma. There is no material body in this state. The soul remains with its pure natural qualities.
Anything can be spoken of in seven different ways, each implying the remaining six ways, so this is true of the before-mentioned six substances and seven principles, and forms the subject of the next chapter, Saptabhangi.
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CHATER III. On Saptabhangi OR THE SEVEN MODES OF
PREDICATION.
SAPTABHANGI is the use, in seven different ways with the words syat and eva, of statements of affirmation and negation severally and jointly without inconsistency, when inquiring separately into the different qualities of a thing.