Jain Philosophy and Modern Science

Author(s): Nagrajmuni
Publisher: Anuvrat Samiti

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JAIN PHILOSOPHY & MODERN SCIENCE
80 is also full of such relative hypothesis. In the Jain Agam entitled "Shri Pannavana", truth has been divided into ten categories While the Theory of Relativity hesitatingly admits the practical measurements and weights in the ultimate truths, the Jam Agamas have divided almost all relative truths into ten sub-divisions as follows
1 Janpad Satya (Spatial Truth)-Different lands have different languages Thus different thing! have different names which are true in their own contexts Sometimes, some words are 'such which contradictory meanings in different countries In some lands, Bapu means father, in others, the same word may mean a small child. But both the meanings are not incorrect in their own contexts.
2 Sammat Satya (Common Truth)-By vox populi certain words become current in language. In Sanskrit 'Pankaj' a literary means that which is born in the mud The lotus is generally known by this name, though the frog is also born in the mud, it is not called pankaja
3 Nam Satya (Nominal Truth)-Supposing somebody's name is Vidyasagar (the ocean of knowledge) He may not be knowing even ABC Yet all people call him Vidyasagar and they are not false, because their truth is merely nominal Name is merely a sign for cognition of an individual So, it is not always seen whether the name corresponds