Multidimensional Application of Anekantavada

Author(s): Sagarmal Jain, Shreeprakash Pandey, Bhagchandra Jain Bhaskar
Publisher: Parshwanath Vidyapith

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Multi-dimentional Reflections on Anekāntavāda
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but belongs to the class of "human beings”. Thus, the term "boy” has been classified and sorted out completely separate from all other classes of objects or the universe. The term “boy” is a unique class, which is not same as or similar to any other class that exists in the universe. Any sub-class is sub-sub-sub class of some original class. The term “boy" is a sub-sub-sub and so on class of “living beings”. The term “boy” therefore, is pertaining to the specification of the term “human-beings" and the term "living being".
The statement “This is a boy” has purpose of making classification, identification, and discrimination and naming a particular object. It is a Naya. It has got a meaning.
The term “is” is also most useful in the statement. It represents existence of the object and suggests that the object “boy” is existent into a major class of “living being”. It denotes existence of specific quality of living being namely “boy”. It indicates that the class "boy” is not illusion, but an existence. The term "is” also suggests that the class "boy" is not inexplicit. This very term also suggests that the existence of the object 'boy' is in a particular Dravya (Substance), Kșetra (Space), Kāla (Time) and Bhāva (Form). If existence of the object is not proved in respect of these four things it is invalid. The term “is” denotes existence in following ways: (1) It denotes existence of the object viz. boy and denies non-existence
of the same in the same condition i.e. Dravya (Substance), Kșetra
(Space), Kāla (Time) and Bhāva (Form). (2) It denotes existence of sub-sub-sub group of the main element "living
being" as the class "boy”. (3) It denotes existence of specific quality and specification of the term
"human-being which has been identified as “boy”. (4) It denotes existence of unique features of the object which can be
separated from those of all other classes of objects viz. .Non-living
being, male and female etc. (5) It denotes varieties of existence about the object. The term “is"
used with reference to [1] Reality, [2] Opinion of the speaker, and also [3] Reality of object.
The statement this is a boy” is a perception, a view point, a