First Principal of the Jaina Philosophy

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

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THE JAIN. PHILOSOPHY
qualities which a mango-tree possesses in common with other trees.
1. General qualities are those which are common to all the individual members of a class, e.g. the qualities of a tree.
2. Specific qualities are those which are peculiar to an individual member in the class and, are not found in the remaining members of the class, e.g. the qualities of a mango-tree.
The false non-distinguished standpoint (naigamabhasa) is when these two properties, viz. the generic and the specific, are thought or claimed to be actually
separate, e.g. when in conceiving the soul one makes · an actual separation of the existence (sat) and the
consciousness (chetana), i.e. .of the general quality (existence) and the specifie quality (consciousness).
The 'collective' samgraha standpoint conceives a thing as though it had generic qualities only. This division of dravyarthika-naya asserts that there is no specific apart from generic qualities. For example, were there no trees, a mango-tree would not have existed.
The fallacy of this standpoint (samgrahabhasa) occurs when one asserts that a thing is real if it possesses the generic qualities alone, absolutely deny