Book Title: Jaina Epistemology
Author(s): Indra Chandra Shastri
Publisher: Parshwanath Vidyapith

View full book text
Previous | Next

Page 475
________________ 450 Epistemology of Jainas naiścayika-avagraha, and thereby includes it into mati wbich is both pramāņa as wellas apramāna. As a matter of fact, though mati is pramāna; yet, its first stage, where no judgement is formed, is neither pramāņa nor apramāņa. Hemacandra? excludes nirvikalpaka pratyakșa from the category of pramāņa by inserting virņaya in his definition. Though he specifies the exclusion of Buddhist perception and apadhyavasāya only; yet, it brings darśana also to the same lot by implication. According to Virasena? darśana also is a judgement. The question of its validity, he holds, is not subjective but objective. Jñana, which he names prakāśa or pratibhāsa is both pramāņa as well as apramäņa. But, darśana, being a cognition of the self, is always pramāņa. It is absolutely free from doubt (samsaya) illusion (viparyaya) or indefiniteness (anadhyavasāya). We can compare this view with Sankara who holds cognition of the self as always free from doubt etc. Division of Darśana Darśapa is divided into the following four types :3 1. Caksurdarśana. 3. Avadhi darsana. 2. Acakşurdarśana. 4. Kevala darsana. The first two types depend upon the senses as their cause while the remaining two are supernormal. They are produced by the self independently. According to Dhavalā all the four darśanas spring from the self. None of them has sense as its cause. 1. The term caksurdarśana does not require any explanation. It is related with the sense of vision. 2. About acakşurdarśana there are different views. The general conception is this, that the darśana related with nonvisual senses and the mind is acaksurdarśana. The discrimina1. Pramāņa Mimāṁsā p. 5. 2. Dhavalā p. 148 3. Prajñāpanā, 29 Upayogapada Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

Loading...

Page Navigation
1 ... 473 474 475 476 477 478 479 480 481 482 483 484 485 486 487 488 489 490 491 492 493 494 495 496 497 498 499 500 501 502 503 504 505 506 507 508 509 510 511 512 513 514 515 516