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Jaina Philosophy of Word : (51) meant to the method of naming so that their right meaning could be understood.
(i) Gaunyapada-nāma-(Based on the attributes/qualities): That which indicates the disposition of attributes is gaunya. When we name an object based on its etymological meaning according to accomplishment of its quality, it is called Gaunyapada-nāmae.g. to call the sun as Bhāskara due to its quality of shining or brightness or to call a person Laxmipati who is wealthy.
(ii) Nogaunyapad-nāma (Names not based on the attributes/ quality): The terms or names which are given without caring its etymological meaning or quality, are called Nogauņyapada-nāma, e.g. to call an ugly women as Sundari (beautiful women).
(iii) Ādānapada-nāma (Based on the adjectives): The names given on the basis of adjective of the object are called Ādānapada-nāma, e.g. Pūrņa kalaśa. In this method of naming, the object depends on another term for expression.
(iv) Pratipakşapada-nāma (Based on the absence of quality) When names are given to a substance/object on the basis of the absence of qualities, it is called Pratipakşapada-nāma e.g. to call a women barren (bandhyā) as she lacks the quality of giving birth to a child.
(v) Anādisiddhānta-pada (Based on tradition or conventional usage): When a term is named on the basis of traditionally accepted particular meanings, it is called Anādisiddhānta-pada, e.g. Brahma, Syādvāda, etc. In many context they carry the meaning different from its etymological meaning.
(vi) Prādhānyapada-nāma (Based on dominance): When a complex object is named on the basis of dominance or plurality of its unit, it is called Prādhānyapada-nāma, e.g. Āmravana (Mango forestry). In the mango forestry there can be trees of other fruits also but on the basis of the plurality of the mango trees, it is called mango forestry.
(vii) Nāma-pada (Based on the language): When a person or community is named on the basis of the language spoken, it is called Nāma-pada e.g. Hindi speaking people are called Hindi. In my opinion Nāma-pada or those terms which are named without any basis?
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