Book Title: New Dimensions in Jaina Logic
Author(s): Mahaprajna Acharya, Nathmal Tatia
Publisher: Today and Tommorrow Printers and Publishers
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158 New Dimensions in Jaina Logic
(i') sūhumasamparāya ( ahākkhaya
saya pamāņa is threefold
(i) patthaya—by the illustration of the patthaya. (ii) vasahi—by the illustration of abode. (iii) payesa-by the illustration of space-point.
Samkhá pamäna is eightfold
(i) samkhä as name, (ii) samkhă as arbitrary attribution, (iii) samkhă as substance-potential, (iv) samkhā (determinate knowledge) by comparison, (v) saṁkhā (number) as compass (parimāņa), (vi) samkhā (determination) as jnana (knowledge). (viii) samkha (conch-shells) as essence.
Pamāna is twofold---
(i) laukika (ii) lokottara
Laukika pamāna is sixfold
(i) mana, (ii) ummāna, (iii) omana,
(iv) ganima, (v) padimana, (vi) tappamāņa.
Lokottara pamāna is fourfold
(i) davva pamāņa (ii) khetta pamāņa (iii) kala pamāņa (iv) bhāva pamāna
Davva pamāņa is twofold
(i) saḥkhā (ii) uvamā
Pamāna is sevenfold
(i) nama (ii) thavaņā (iii) samkha (iv) davva
(v) khetta (vi) kāla (vii) nana
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