________________
Syadvada : A Solution of World-tension 233 etc. So Syadvada with certain reservations? may be translated into Probablism.
Syadváda must be understood along with its metaphysical counterpart of Anekantavāda and other complementary theorem of Nayavada, Nikṣepavā da and Saptabhangi which form a formidable part of Jaina philosophy, which was systematised in the second period of the evolution of Jaina Literature, namely Anekanta Yuga.3 Theory of Syadváda
Definition : In the earliest Jaina work on pure logic by Siddhasena Divākara, the author holds "since things have many characters, they are the object of all sided knowledge.”'4 The knowledge which determines the full meaning of an object through the employment in the scriptural method, of one sided Nayas, is called Syádvāda Sruta.5 Similarly Samantabhadra says that “Syadvada discards all absolute. judgements."6 Even sermonic sentences of Lord Mahāvīra had always a perfix of Syát for otherwise truth would have been violated.? Scriptural knowledge is of three kinds-Scriptures of bad Tirthaukars, one sided methodo and all sided 1. Apart from suggestion of Scepticism. 2. Dr. N. K. Deoraj : History of Indian Philosophy (Hindi ),
p. 135. 3. Dalsukha Malvania - Essay Jaina Drašana Sahitya Kā
Simhāvalokana, in Premi Abhinandan Grantha. 4. "अनेकान्तात्मकं वस्तुगोचरः सर्व संविदाम्" न्यायावतार, श्लोक २९
( Trans. by S. C. Vidyābhūşaņa). 5. "Afgoufef fafasuratare a gaud”, blid, Sloka, 30. 6. "FTITS: Hape FIFFETTIG forafa fafafè:-37TATAIAT", Quo
ted from Premi Abhinandan Granth in स्याद्वाद और सप्त
भंगी, लेखक : कैलाशचन्द्र सिद्धान्तशास्त्री। 7. "ETI IZ 27 ta argacast TTA-37TAGTATAT", Ibid. 8. FirqarT, IT Ro; 79#foral, fa74 HETTIG ( Trans, M.
D. Desai ), Introduction. 9. "Fat Fiar & Ttat atq'', istarfärer, go 9691
Jain Education International
For Private & Personal Use Only
www.jainelibrary.org
