Jaina Theory of Knowledge

Author(s): Mohanlal Mehta
Publisher: Gujarat Vidyapith Ahmedabad

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JAINA THEORY OF APPREHENSION
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apprehension and comprehension but does not recognise succession, is right from the empirical standpoint that entertains distinction, the believer in the successive occurrence of apprehension and comprehension is correct from the analytic standpoint that distinguishes the borderline between cause and effect, while the upholder of the identity of apprehension and comprehension is right from the synthetic standpoint that tends to abolish distinction and establish identity. Therefore, none of these three position is improper.
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Parasparavyatireke sati yenanvayatvam laksyata tallaksanam. Tattvartha-sloka-varttika, p. 318.
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Upayogo laksanam. Tattvartha-sutra, II, 8.
MohaksayajJnanadarsanavaranantarayaksayacca kevalam. Tattvartha-sutra, X, I.
Jainism, p. 29.
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Pramana-naya-tattvaloka, II, 7.
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