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अध्याय-१
One method of understanding the nature of the soul, etc., by pramāna and naya has been explained. Another method of ascertaining the soul, etc., is mentioned next.
निर्देशस्वामित्वसाधनाधिकरणस्थितिविधानतः ॥७॥
[निर्देश स्वामित्व साधन अधिकरण स्थिति विधानतः ] निर्देश, स्वामित्व, साधन, अधिकरण, स्थिति और विधान से भी सम्यग्दर्शनादि तथा जीवादिक तत्त्वों का अधिगम होता है।
Knowledge of subjects like right faith (samyagdarśana) and soul, etc., is obtained by description - nirdeśa, ownership - svāmitva, cause - sādhana, substratum - adhikaraṇa, duration – sthiti, and division - vidhāna.
The description of the nature (svarūpa) of a substance is nirdeśa. Svāmitua is ownership or lordship. Sādhana is the cause of origin. Adhikaraṇa is substratum. Sthiti is duration of existence of the substance. Vidhana is division. What is right faith (samyagdarśana)? The expression that it is faith in substances as these really are, is nirdeśa. Also, installation of right faith by name, etc., is nirdeśa. Who is its possessor? Generally speaking, it is the soul. To particularize, one or more of the three types of right faith (samyagdarśana) - subsidential (aupaśamika), destructional (kṣāyika) and destruction-cum-subsidential (kṣāyopaśamika)- may be possessed by the infernal beings (nāraka), the humans (manusya), the plants and animals (tiryańca) and the celestial beings (deva). Only the potential (bhavya - capable of attaining liberation) souls can attain the
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