Jaina World of Non Living

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

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The Jaina world of Non-living
with stick is termed as 'with stick','similarly, the reality will also be termed as 'reality with realityness' and not as reality itself.
Q. It is opined that there is absence of possessive case in case of 'white cloth' due to the inherence of attribute of white colour. Similar case may be taken here regarding absence of possessive case.
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This is not the correct illustration. It is discordant. The loss of possessive case is grammatically permissible only in case of attributal statements. Even if it is not accepted, then, there is another grammatical aphorism suggesting 'Attributes may have dual forms'. However, the term 'realityness' is not attributal, hence the possessive case can not be lost here. Moreover, the loss of suffix of possessive case has not been stated, hence the designation of 'reality for realityness' does not arise logically. 5. Moreover, the use of possessive suffix in terms of 'realityness as the mode of reality' can not be there as it has objections both ways. The mode (or realityness) may be either different or non-different from the reality. If non-different, the possessive suffix has been used for beginninglessly modificational reality. Thus, there could be no difference between reality and realityness, and thus, the theory of their relationship will be void.
If the alternative of differentiation is accepted, one cannot have the etymology as the mode of reality is realityness because the reality and realityness are non-different from each other. The mode of pitcher can not be attributed to fabrics.
Moreover, if realityness is defined as mode of reality and a different mode, then, it may be asked whether realityness has a different mode. If it has no mode, it will be non-existing in absence of mode. If it has modes, it will have a second possessive suffix and this on continuation, will lead to infinite regression.
Q. It is opined that as the word 'Avika' (Sheep) is derived from the word 'Avi', similarly, the mode of realityness would also be derived from the mode 'reality' with possessive suffix.
A. This is not correct. The two cases refer to different types. In case of 'Avi' or 'Avika', there is no difference in the meaning, it is only a grammatical point. However, in case of reality and realityness, there is
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