Jaina Logic

Author(s): T G Kalghatgi
Publisher: Raja Krisen Jain Charitable Trust New Delhi

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Jaina Logic
the differentiation becomes primary and the synthesis is secondary. Later logicians have gone into minute discussions about the problem.
2. Nikzepa :
Man uses language which has numerous words. It is nocessary to determine the exact meaning of the word with reference to the context and in a particular universe of discourse. Nikpepa plays an important part in the determination of the exact meaning of that word.107
The function of Niksepa is to understand the exact content of the words in terms of meaning and its usage. The essence of Niksepa is to study the implications of the meanings of the words in their definiteness and to find out that implication. The function of Niksepa is to define words with reference to their content of the meaning and the usage. The other sense in which the Nikžepa is used is “Nyasa". It refers to implication and clarification. In the Anuyogadvara it is stated that the main function of Nik sepa is to clear the meaning of the word and to give the exact meaning. This is the use of Niksepa. Nik sepa removes ambiguities and uncertainties in the meaning of the word
Niksepa can be distinguished from pramana and naya with reference to its linguistic function. Pramana and naya are primarily logical and epistemological The function of pramana is to comprehend the full nature of the object in all its aspects. Naya apprehends the nature of the object from a particular point of view and not in all aspects, but partially. But Niksepa is more concerned with the linguistic analysis of the function and their meanings. Sabda naya, Samabhirudha naya and Evambhata naya are primarily the points of view of looking at an object. They are not very much concerned with the linguistic function of the word. But in the Niksepa we consider the
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