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The application of the view of Anekānta in respect to objects (Prameyas) is illustrated in the following verses :
SANMATI-TARKA
गइपरिगयं गई चेव केइ यि मेरा दवियमिच्छति । तंपि य उड्ढगईयं तहा गई अन्ना अगई ॥ २९ ॥ gufusafavarmı ça çgungen, fa goal i जं तु जहां पडिसिद्धं दव्वमदव्वं तहा होइ ॥ ३० ॥ कुंभो ण जीवदवियं जीवो वि ण होइ कुंभदवियं ति argı et fa sigfazi zomcufaràften zifa || 32 ||
(29) Some regard a thing moving upwards as decidedly full of motion. But though it is in motion from the standpoint of going up, it is also not in motion considering that it does not move downwards.
(30) Similarly fire is fire because it burns. Dahana means one that burns i.e. fire. But in some cases fire cannot burn things that cannot, by their very nature, be burnt. Thus fire both burns and does not burn.
(31) From the standpoint of a mere substance a jar does exist, but from the standpoint of sentient thing it does not
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