Book Title: ISJS Jainism Study Notes E5 Vol 02
Author(s): International School for Jain Studies
Publisher: International School for Jain Studies
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SCHOOL OF
TIONAL
ध्याय परम
IN STUDIES
(apta), anekanta (multiple view points or relative pluralism), syādvāda (conditional dielectic) and naya (view point) in Aptamimänsä, Svayambhu-stotra and stopdeśa. Siddhasena used logic to further detail the Anekanta and Naya doctrine and used them to discuss jñāna as indicated in scriptures earlier. Pujyapāda also did a comparative analysis of jñāna with other philosophies. Haribhadra wrote Anekānta-jayapatākā and also tried to establish harmony between Jain and Patanjali-yoga systems. Akalanka put Jain pramāṇa on firm footing and wrote Tattvärtha-vārtika, Aṣṭaśati, Laghistraya etc. He is described as the father of Jain Nyāya. Later on his followers namely Vidyananda (commentaries on Akalanka's works), Manikyanandi (Parikṣāmukha to describe Jain Nyaya in sutra form), and later on Hemachandra (Pramāṇa-mīmānsā) etc. wrote extensive literature on Jain pramāṇa and nyaya.
Hemacandra15 says," literally pramāṇa, when studied in parts, stands for pra means in excellent form i.e. to the exclusion of doubt; ma means to determine and the suffix ṇameans an instrument. Thus the whole word pramāṇa stands for 'what is the most effective instrument of the determination of reality in its true character through the preliminary exclusion of doubt"".
b. Recent Developments. 11th Century AD till now
11th century marks the beginning of Acārya Hemacandra's era. He wrote Pramāṇa-mīmārsā and simplified the definition of pramaņa as per the Jain scriptures namely samyagartha nirṇaya pramāṇam or pramāna is an entity, which assists in the determination of the right meaning of the object. He was followed by Prabhācandra (commentaries Prameya-kamalamartanda on Parikṣamukha and Nyayakumudcandra on Laghistraya), Abhayadeva's commentary on Sanmati-tarka-prakaraṇa, Yasovijaya using Akalanka's concepts of Pramana, nyaya to write books on Jain nyaya like Jaina-tarka-bhāsā, Jānabindu commentary on Sastra vārtā-samuccaya. Vimaladāsa wrote Saptabhangi to elaborate the concept of this important aspect of anekanta. This is the era of developing literature with clarifications on Jain nyaya for commoners and the process continues to date.
15 Pramāṇa-mimänsä by Hemacandra V.1
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