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JAINA GEM DICTIONARY
д Abâdhita (alreri)-Irrefutable by any other mode
of proof or argument. As that fire is cold,' is refutable by obvious observation; therefore coldness cannot be the area or inference from fire, i.c., it is not waida.
The conclusion must be sound and free from fallacy. Abhâsa (EATHTA)-Fallacy. Abhâşâtmaka ETHIOTCH56) Not uttered by the
mouth. Abhâva (ha)
(1) The non-existence of one substance or thing in another. This is merely a corollary from the famous .. first Law of Thought. All A is A; i,c., no A is non-A; i.e., A never exists in non-A.
(2) Non-existence of a past condition. (3) Privation.
(4) One of the seven Vaiseșika categories. It is a Padúrtha, the knowledge of which is dependent on its
contradictory. Abhavabhậva (THIETA)-The beginning to trans
form the future into the present condition.
