Jaina World of Non Living

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

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The Jaina world of Non-living
not only grammatical difference but the difference in meaning also. Thus, the two cases are different.
6. The Nyaya School opines that the realityness is one. How a single non-composite entity can exist in many other real entities like earth etc.? If it exists, it will have only maniness as the colours etc. observed in many objects.
If it is opined that the realityness is one like the space and accomodates many, then, the example seems to be heterodox. The space has large (infinite) extension and, therefore, it can accommodate the whole universe. However, the attributes are objectives for substantive entities, how non-large or finite realityness could accommodate the whole or many entities? The extensivity is observed in reality and not in attributes.
Q. It is opined that as a single unit is formally called a number, similarly, it could be assumed to have formal extensivity. A. This is not correct. This will be like proving a fact through an unproven logic. The logicians follow a tradition to prove a probandum through a proven probans. The formalisation can not prove the primary or main theme. Moreover, it is agreed that the space is one with respect to realityness. But it is infinite with respect to spacepoints. Thus, the comparative illustration of space does not stand scrutiny.
7. The realityness is one like indigo. This illustrative statement is not logical as it cannot be proved.
Q. It is opined that as the single indigo-substance is found in many blue clothes like Saris, blankets and other fabrics, similarly the realityness may also be observed in many realities.
A. This is not correct. This illustration is unproved. It is not proved that the same indigo colour is contained in the Saris, fabrics and blankets. Just as there is difference in clothes due to their varieties, similarly there could be difference in the indigo-substance used as colouring agent for them. Even in the same fabrics, whatever indigo has been used in corners, the same may not have been used in inner parts of the cloth. How one can say that the same indigo-substance has been used, when the same indigo
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