Jainism from the View Point of Vedantic Acaryas

Author(s): Yajneshwar S Shastri
Publisher: B J Institute

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Śri Sankarācārya's views on Jainism
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ciple of rest (adharmāstikāya), and the category of space (ākāśāstikāya). All these varities are subdivided into various ways, according to the assumption of their own doctrine (cent: $44 37424 4454 3798d Toffoli 779, जीवास्तिकायः, पुद्गलास्तिकायः धर्मास्तिकायोऽधर्मास्तिकाय आकाशास्तिकायश्चेति । सर्वेषामपि एषाम् अवान्तर प्रभेदान् बहुविधान् स्वसमयपरिकल्पितान् वर्णयन्ति । B.S.B., II.II.33). : The speciality of the Jainas is, application of reasoning known as seven-fold-judgement to all things, such as : (1) may be it exists, (2) may be it does not exist, (3) may be it exists and may be it does not exist, (4) may be it indescribable, (5) may be it exists and indescribable, (6) may be it does not exist and indescribable and (7) may be it exists, does not exist and is indescribable. In this way they predicate seven different views as regards the reality of everything. They apply this logic even to such concepts as unity, and eternality as well. Everything according to them, may be real, unreal, both real and real, one and many, indescribable and so on. (Ha a SH 45 R 14 7244 अवतारयन्ति-स्याद् अस्ति, स्यान्नास्ति, स्यादस्ति च नास्ति च, स्यादवक्तव्यः, स्यादस्ति चावक्तव्यः, स्यान्नास्ति च अवक्तव्यः स्यादस्ति च नास्ति च अवक्तव्यः afa, Taha Tahrafricaifay Bufu SH 9451784 of B.S.B., II.II.33). Criticism of Syādvāda :
We have already pointed out that Sankara took the word 'Syāť in the sense of probability or ‘may be’ and criticises Syādvāda. It seems that Sankara was not