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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title page of the original work .......................... 7 Preface ... ... . ... . ... ... .. . .. .. ... ... .
I. The superior qualities of Sri Vardhamāna, the last Tirtha mkara ...... 11 II. Sri Vardhamana has stated things as they really are .... . 11. Admonition to the reader ................... IV. The Vaisesika doctrine of universality and particularity ......
V. The Vaiseșika doctrine of eternality and non-eternality::::::: VI. The Vaisesi ka doctrine of a world-creator God... .. VII. The Vaišeşika doctrine of 'Inherence' ......... VIII. The categories of the Vaišeşikas.............
IX. The Vaišeșika views about the size of the atman... . X. Criticism of the Naiyáyikas ................
XI. The Pärvamimamsā doctrine en joining hinusā.... XII. Kumärila's theory of knowledge ............ XIII. The Vedānta doctrine of Brahma as the sole reality. ... XIV. The Vedānta theory of the denotation of terms......
XV. The Samkhya doctrines....................... . XVI. The Buddist theory of cognition ............... . XVII. The Buddhist doctrine of Emptiness........... XVIII. The Buddhist doctrine or Momentariness :::::.
. XIX. The Buddhist doctrine of Suffusion..... XX. Criticism of the Larkāyatas................
..........126 XXI. The main metaphysical tenet of Jainism.............. XXII. The Jain doctrine of the infinite complexity of all existents .
.. 132 XXIII. The 'seven-nuance-view'. .................. XXIV. The combination of opposites involves no contradiction......
XXV. The 'seven-nuance-view' applied to four philosophical problems ...... XXVI. Neither eternality nor non-eternality can be maintained. :::::::::: XXVII. The assumption of either eternality or non-eternality destructive of religion.. XXVIU. The Jain doctrine of the nayas (Methods) ................ XXIX. The varieties of souls, and their number ..................
XXX. The doctrine of the Syadvāda, all-comprehensive and impartial....... XXXI. Praise of the Lord Mahavira .................... XXXII. The Lord Mahavira is the only Saviour ............... . Benediction on the part of the author of the commentary .............. Index of Terms and Subjects .............. .. .. . .. ...
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