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and partcular aspect respectively. These two kinds of cognition are technically called in Jaina philosophy Darśana and Jñāna respectively. While discussing the chief features of the doctrine of Anekānta Siddhasena in the 2nd chapter of San mati has undertaken the discussion of Darśana and Jñāna that forms part of the discussion of Anekānta, In the whole of the 2nd chapter he has continued the discussion of Darśana and Jñana
In this discussion also Siddhasena has exhibited his remarkable ability in a wonderful manner. That Darśana and Jñāna both come into existence one after another is the tenet which was quite well-known in Jaina tradition of the scriptures from the very beginning. Another view which says that these two come into existence simultaneously was also in vogue from the beginning. These two tenets were opposed by Siddhasena with his doctrine of the identity of Darśana and Jñāna. He has established this doctrine on a sound basis in his second chapter of Sanmati. The establishment of this doctrine has been made mainly on the strength of logic, but in those times it was a fashion to quote sentences from Śāstras in support of one's own doctrine, Siddhasena was, therefore, obliged to quote portions of Jaina scriptures in support of his doctrine. In so doing, in order to show that there was perfect agreement between Šāstra and his own view-point, he bad to define several technical words of the Jaina Šāstra in quite a new way and had to refute very ably both the doctrines of consecutiveness and simultaneity. The main subject of the second chapter is
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