Jainism Precepts and Practice

Author(s): Puranchand Nahar, Krishnakant Ghosh
Publisher: Caxton Publications

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THE JAIN LOGIC AND THE NAYAS
parlance when we say, "the soul's consciousness," or "conciousness of the soul", though soul 19 non different from
or the latter from the former
ON PARYAYAS
consciousness
Before we come to the discussion -of the second class of Naya known as the Paryayarthika, it is imperative that we must have a clear understanding of what we mean by a paryaya.
Definition of
A paryaya is but a mood or state of being Or whatever has origin and end Paryaya or destruction in time is paryaya The ripples in waters or the surging waves ruffling the vast expanse of the ocean are but typical illustrations of what is really meant by paryaya
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Such being the nature of Paryayas, they are but phenomena or appearances and as such they must be appearances of something with which they stand in certain relations .Following up the character of these relations, the Jain sages have classified paryayas primarily into (1) Sahabhâvr and (i) Kramabhabi.
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Classification of Paryayas