Book Title: Jaina Tarka Bhasha
Author(s): Dayanand Bhargava
Publisher: Motilal Barasidas Pvt Ltd

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________________ 78 Faina-Tarka-Bhāsā script 'Indra' etc, which are names of a particular object, inscribed on a book, paper or picture etc., is also the symbol of name. *3. The object, which is devoid of the essence of that object but is replaced with that intention, is called replacement; it is of the same type in the picture but is formless in the dice etc; it lasts for a short period in picture etc. but lasts as long as the object in the image of the natural temples; just as the image of Jina is the symbol of Jina and just as the image of Indra is the symbol of Indra. *4. That which is the cause of the past or the future, is the symbol of substance, as the use of the word Indra for one who has once experienced the state of Indra or will experience the state of Indra in future; here, the use of the word Indra being justified like the use of the word 'pitcher of ghee' with reference to one, which has once been the substratum of the ghee or would be the substratum of ghee in future. Sometimes, the symbol of substance is used to indicate the sense of secondary, just as one who crushes the charcoal is called the nominal ācārya, i. e. he is an ācārya, because he is not possessed of the qualities of the ācārya. Sometime, it is used in the sense, in which it is not in actual use e. g., the worship of Jina even though done with devotion yet done unmethodically and characterised by the desire for this world and the other world and not free from the desire, is called the pseudo-action because the improper action is not the way to liberation directly. It is called 'material' because done with devotion even though unmethodically, it is the way to liberation indirectly because the acāryas proclaim that the quality of devotion renders, the fault of being unmethodical, powerless. *5. That which is symbolised as itself characterised by experience of the action which one desires to convey, is called actual symbol e. g., one who is engaged in the action of having great power, is actual Indra. *6. What is the difference between the names etc. excepting the actual, because all the three) are found in all the

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