Jain Journal 1980 10

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

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OCTOBER, 1980
example, presently, the implication of the law of combination becomes more evident when at least three characteristics are involved i.e. when the doctrine of seven-fold predication came into being. Philologically we see that when a real has two characteristics viz. being and non-being, we find firstly four predicates viz. (i) being, (ii) non-being, (iii) being and non-being (iv) not-being and not non-being. However, the last two predicates reduce to one, inexpressibility. The doctrine of three-fold predicates can be easily generated by two things taken one or two at a time. This is, of course, explained by the law of combination. Thus the gradual evolution of a theory should be established through logical application of textual evidence.
The author is grateful to Dr. S. D. Sharma for some discussion and valuable suggestions in preparation of this work. Thanks are also due to Dr. B. Bhatt for having his kind guidance in using the philological method in the critical study of Indological texts. Thanks are due to Vardhaman Kendra, Ahmedabad for financial support. Thanks are also due to Jaina monk Dr. Shiv Kumar for encouragements.
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