Nyayavatara

Author(s): Satish Chandra Vidyabhushan
Publisher: ZZZ Unknown

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NYAYAVATARA.
declared as indescribable, we say " it is not, and also indescribable." When a thing is to be established and denied as well as declared indescribable at the same time, we say 5s it is and it is not, and also indescribable." Sycid, which signifies “may be," denotes all these seven possibilities, that is, a thing may be looked at from one of the above seven points of view, there being no eighth alternative.
प्रमाता स्वान्यनिर्भासी कर्त्ता भोक्ता विवृत्तिमान् । स्वसंवेदनसंसिद्धो जीवः क्षित्याद्यनात्मकः ॥३१॥
31. The spirit (soul or jiva) is the knower, doer and enjoyer, illumines self and others, undergoes changes of condition, is realised only in self-consciousness, and is different from the earth, etc. .
The soul (åtman or jiva) has knowledge, and so is different from knowledge itself. As an enjoyer and doer, the soul in the Jaina philosophy is different from that of the Samkhya philosophy. The soul by the Jainas is described as undergoing changes of condition. In this respect, it is different from that of the Nyâya and Vaiáeşika philosophy.
प्रमाणादिव्यवस्थेयमनादिनिधनात्मिका। सर्वसंव्यवहट्टणां प्रसिद्धापि प्रकीर्तिता ॥ ३२ ॥
कृतिरियं श्रीसितपट्टसिद्धसेनदिवाकरस्य ।। 32. This system of pranina, etc., is beginningless and endless; though familiar to all persons in every day practice, it is yet explained here.
This shows that the world, as conceived by the Jainas, is eternal.