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CHAPTER XX. Examination of Syādvāda' (Jaina Doctrine)
COMMENTARY.
It has been declared in the Introductory bases (Teat, 3) that the True Doctrine'is not mixed up with any foreign element, to the smallest detail'.
-In support of this idea, the Author proceeds with the next chapter; and starts off with an objection (from the standpoint of the other Party) :
TEXT (1709).
"AS A MATTER OF FACT, EVERY ENTITY HAS MORE THAN ONE ASPECT, LIKE THE GEM SAPPHIRE ; WHY THEN SHOULD THERE BE ANY INCOMPATIBILITY AMONG 'EXISTENCE', 'NON
EXISTENCE AND THE REST ?"-(1709)
COMMENTARY.
It has been asserted (under Texet 1675, above) that What is capable of effective action is said to be existent, other than that is said to be nonexistent, the two cannot exist together in the same substratum, as they are contradictory'.
Against this, Āhrika (a Jaina writer) and others urge the following objections :
"Every entity has more than one aspect,—the General and the Particular; just like the lustrous gem which appears to be of variegated colour ; why then should there be any contradiction (incompatibility) between existence and non-existence,-in view of which it is said that the two cannot co. exist in the same substratum ' -The term 'adi' in 'sadadi' is meant to include activity and inactivity', 'unity' and so forth".
Though this objection has been already refuted under Text 1676, by the sentence Nanu tadataddhi, etc.', yet it has been introduced here for the purpose of expounding the matter in detail, or for setting forth a fresh theory. -(1709)
For proving the General and Particular character of things, Ahrika has formulated the following arguments in due order :