Book Title: Illuminator of Jaina Tenets
Author(s): Tulsi Acharya
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati

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________________ 190 Illuminator' of Jaina Tenets [ Lustre X ३६. वाग्गोचरं वाच्यम्। 36. vāggocaram vācyam. . (Aph.) What comes within the province of speech is expressible (or speakable). (XXXVI) ३७. वागविषयमवाच्यम् । 37. vägavişayam avācyam. (Aph.) Whatever is beyond the province of speech is inexpressible (or unspeakable). (XXXVII) ३८. अपेक्षाभेदादेकत्र संगतिः। नहि येन रूपेण सामान्यं, तेनैव रूपेण विशेषः, किन्तु अपेक्षाभेदेनेति सर्वत्र गम्यम्। 38. apekşābhedād ekatra saṁgatiḥ. nahi yena rūpeņa sāmānyam tenaiva rūpeṇa višeşaḥ, kintu apekṣā. bhedeneti sarvatra gamyam, (Aph.) The reconciliation (of the opposite traits by one act of synthesis in one unitary real) is made possible by the diversity of relations. (XXXVIII) (Gloss) (The opposition does not become possible because) the real is not particular in the same character and reference, as it is a universal (which has a different character and reference). But they are so only by virtue of different references and nature. ३९. फलमज्ञाननिवत्तिरर्थप्रकाशो वा। ufafafecerit qufe: 1 39. phalam ajñānanivsttir arthaprakāšo vā. parmitir ity asya paryāyaḥ. (Aph.) The result (of valid cognition) is the cessation of ignorance or the illumination of the cognizable object. (XXXIX) (Gloss) Authentic knowledge (pramiti) is a synonym of it (viz. result). (Note) According to the Jaina, pramāņa, that is, the condition of valid cognition, is not a non-cognitive fact, but cognition itself. Cognition is the condition and also the result. It is a question of emphasis. The cognition makes the object known Jain Education International For Personal & Private Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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