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SARVODAYA TIRTHA
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being main or secondary is not relative to the extant qualities but to the discretion of the speaker. What the speaker will speak or not speak is his discretion; it makes no difference in the qualities of objects which exist in their own right, none being primary or secondary, even the contradictory ones, because the objects have the necessary capacity to hold them, and they are there for an infinite time and will continue to be there for an infinite time The discretion of the speaker assumes importance because he has to express himself under severe constraint.
An object is independent of the rest It is never tired of harbouring its qualities and nature Simultaneously it harbours permanence and transcience, etc. As an object, it is permanent, but as a category, it is ever-changing Now, when we say that an object is permanent, we cannot simultaneously say, it transcient and the listner understands that it is permanent. But if we say that 'an object is permanent relative to, etc.', then the understanding definitely becomes clearer Hence the use of the term syād is useful which makes the implicit qualities secondary, but not non-existent all the same
Jainendra Siddhānta Koşa syädyāda:
gives the following meaning of
“Syādvāda is the method of expressing multifacetedness of objects This cannot be done with a single word or sentence and so one quality is highlighted at the cost of the rest While listening about one quality which is highlighted, they should not get the impression that others are denied for which one who is anekānta-vādî qualifies all his sentences with the word syād."100
According to some, syādyāda makes use of "also' (bhi), not emphatic 'so' (hi). Because emphatic alone has the smell of arrogance
Some people have suggested a compromise When it is intended to express relativity, then the word used is also', but in case of emphasis, it is necessary to use the word "so' e.g.:
100 lbid , p. 497
