Tattvartha Sutram

Author(s): J L Jaini
Publisher: Champat Rai Jain

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First Chapter
(2), Bhavi. He is going to be born a king. To call his body a king's body is Bhavi
(3) affe, Tadvyatırıkta:--
(i) The Professor was a great and practical philanthropist and had otherwise done deeds to secure rebirth, as a king. To attribute to his body the karmic matter of these deeds is. Karma.
(ii) To attribute the actual particles of which his kingly body will be formed is नो कर्मनो आगम द्रव्यनिक्षेप, No Karma no azam dravya nikshepa.
(4) मावी निक्षेप; Bhavi nikshepa, Positive aspect or present condition It signifies the possession of its present attributes. Giving a thing a name connoting the attributes of its present condition only e. g., a General considered as in actual command of his army. It is also, Agama, .e., when the soul knows and is actually attentive, and a, Noagama, when the actual present condition of a material thing is referred to.
, Nama nikshepa, Nama means mere name, Nikshepa is a verbal or nominal or linguistic aspect. The , Sapta tatva, seven names of Principles apply to the Principles, but they may even be given to something which is not a tatva; Principle eg. Asrava, in Buddhism means "sin". This is a fan Nama Nikshepa; from the Jaina point of view. That is, a thing bears the name without having the qualities indicated by it It is merely a linguistic process for the convenience of argument and consideration. In language it serves the same purpose as the symbolic letters used in Algebra.
Name applied to something which does not possess the qualities, connoted now. It is Sathapna or Dravya.
fa, Sthapana Nikshepa, Attributed connotation as an actor playing a king or a warrior 1 e., a thing bears a connotation, which in reality it does not possess and can not possess.
fa, Divya Niksepa, taking the potential for the actual.
In 1, Sthapana, the connotation is merely attributed. It js never there. It cannot be there. In , Dravya, it will be there or has been there The common factor between the two is that it is not there now and to that extent the connotation is fictitious in both
Name applied to a thing which does possess the qualities connoted now:--
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Bhava Nikshepa. The first three fa, Nikshepa, are from the fa, Dravyarthika Naya, from the substantia