Book Title: Saptbhanginaya
Author(s): Kannomal
Publisher: Atmanand Jain Pustak Pracharak Mandal

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________________ ( 5 ) 11.-'EXISTENCE! The word “existence includes all its different modes of existence which, according to the ancient logicians, are eight referring to Time, individual form, Sense, Relation, Contributory part, Receptivity, Association and Iord, The eight modes of existence are explained as follows : (1) Time-The mode of existence with reference to time indicates that at the time when the quality of existence is predicated of the pot, the quality of non-existence of cloth or stone or the quality of being indescribable, can as well be predicated of it. In other words, the pot has inany qualities at the same time. Therefore, as far as the consideration of Time is concerned, all the qualities of the pot are inseparate from one another. (2) Individual form. – Just as the pot has the form of existence, it also includes a variety of the forms of other qualities. The form in which qualities reside in a substance is its individual form. In other words, many qualities reside in the form

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