Book Title: Nyayavatara and Nayakarnika
Author(s): Siddhasena Divakar, Vinayvijay, A N Upadhye
Publisher: Jain Sahitya Vikas Mandal
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नयकर्णिका
NAYA-KARNIKĀ
Text and Translation
Naya-karnikā is composed of two words, naya and karnikā. Naya means a standpoint or an aspect of viewing a thing from that standpoint or aspect. Karṇikā means a pericarp, or the central point, of a flower. The thing which is to be viewed from different aspects is the pericarp or the central point, and the various standpoints from which it is viewed from the various petals surrounding the pericarp. Thus the title Nayakarṇikā is fully appropriate to the subject-matter of this book. Taken as a whole, Naya-karṇikā means a flower which has for its pericarp, or central point, the thing to be viewed; and for its petals the various standpoints from which it is to be viewed.
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वर्धमानं स्तुमः सर्वनयनद्यर्णवागमम् । संक्षेपतस्तदुन्नीतनय भेदानुवादः ॥
१ ॥
Vardhamānam stumaḥ sarva-naya-nadyarṇavāgamam | samkṣepatas tadunnita-nayabhedanuvadataḥ 11 1
[ Vardhamānam Śrī Vardhamāna or Lord Mahāvīra the last, i.e., 24th Tīrthamkara, who attained Nirvāṇa in 527 B.C. stumaḥ: (we) praise; sarva all; naya standpoint; nadī river; arṇava ocean; āgamam scripture; samksepatah briefly; tad (from) it; udgīta culled; nayabheda various aspects; anuvadataḥ: transcribing ].
We offer our praise to Lord Vardhamana, whose gospel is an ocean, with all kinds of nayas as so many
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