Jaina World of Non Living

Author(s): N L Jain
Publisher: Parshwanath Vidyapith

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The Jaina world of Non-living
inherent, non-separable from the reality and it is non-outsider generalcum-specific entity for the reality.
The reality is the inherent cause of realityness as it is a specificity of the reality.
Q.
What is the specificity?
A. It is the substratum-character of the reality. It is said to be the substratum for other substances.
The reality can not be substratum as it is itself unproved. It is observed that only self-existent entities can be substratum as the pitcher etc. for water etc. However, here the reality is not self-proved separately from realityness. Hence it cannot be substratum for others.
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Moreover, there could be no designation as the reality for the disputant who opines that it is due to inherent relationship with the realityness.
Q.
How is it so ?
A.
The designation could be with respect to either (i) differentiation or (ii) non-differentiation. In case of second alternative, there could be the designation of realityness rather than reality, just as a man with stick is designated as 'stick' itself.
Q. Let there be designation of realityness for realityness. However, may have an additional designation as reality. Thus, a reality is said to be a reality due to realityness called as reality.
it
A.
This is not correct. It suggests proving an
unproved entity
through an unproved cause.
Q.
How the realityness could be designated as reality?
A. If it is by itself, why the same logic can not be applied to the reality itself.
Q.
There is difference in the meaning of reality and realityness? A. The same objection will be here too as detailed earlier. Moreover, the reality will have to be designated as realityness. When the term has two meanings (realityness and reality), how it can be said that it will mean only the reality and not the realityness due to its inherence? If the designation of reality is with respect to differentiation, then as a man
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