Introducing Jainism

Author(s): Satyaranjan Banerjee
Publisher: Jain Bhawan Publication

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INTRODUCING JAINISM
Syādvāda
saptabhangi saptabhangi
vacanavinyāsa
applicable to Jiva
6. syān nāsti şaştho bhangah syān nāstyeva syād in a certain
avaktav. explains the avaktavyam eveti sense jīva is not yasca negative nisedha-prädhänyena and indescribable
character of yugapan-nişedha as well. the things as vidhya-nirvacanîyawell as the kalpanā-vibhajanaya indescribable şastho bhangaḥ. nature of the yathā-syān nāstye
va syād avaktavyo ghataḥ "May be the jar is not and indescribable as
same
well.”
7. syād asti saptamo syād astyeva syān In a certain
nāsti bhangaḥ nāstyeva syād avak- sense jiva is avyakta is a synsthesis tavyam eveti kramāt and is not and vyaśca between the sadamśāsadamsa is indescribable.
fifth and the prădhānyena-kalpasixth
nayā yugapad-vidhinişedhā-nirvacaniyakhyāpanā-kalpanā. vibhajanayā ca saptamo bhangaḥ yathā-syād astyeva nāstyeva avaktavyaḥ ghataḥ "May be the jar is and is not and is indescribable as well.
u) Nayavada
Supplementary to the doctrine of syādvāda is the doctrine of naya-vāda The nayas are ways of expressing the nature of things. There are seven nayas : naigama, samgraha, vyavahāra, rju-sūtra, sabda, samabhirudha and evambhūta. Out of these seven nayas, four refer to concepts and three to words. The nayas are necessary in order to understand the partial true nature of a thing.
Naigama : Naigama is that naya where the general