Yatindrasuri Diksha Shatabdi Samrak Granth

Author(s): Jinprabhvijay
Publisher: Saudharmbruhat Tapagacchiya Shwetambar Shree Sangh

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YATEENDRASURI SMARAK GRANTH -
Exposition of naya in Jaina philosophy
DR Ajit shuk deo sharma
Serious students of indian philosophy are fers of thing as a whole, nayas have relation to well aware of the brilliant part played by jaina Lo analysis, whereas saptabhangi relates to synthegicians in their polemics with Hindu and Buddhist sis. Nayavada is the analytical method of knowllogicians in ancient and medieval India. There is edge while saptabhangi or syadvada as the synno doubt about it, that jaina logic is one of the most thetical method of knowing a thing. According to valuable and ancient logic of india. Specially the H. Jacobi. It would be more correct to say that doctrines of nonabsolutism, the method of dialec- syadvada is a logical development the a corollary tical predications and the method of standpoints of nayavada. Dr A.N. Upadhye oboserves that are the separate and peculiar dialectic develop syadvada is a corollary of nayavada and that the ment of jaina logic. In the present paper I Want to letter is analytical and Primarily conceptual and the discuss the method of standpoints in broad outline, formar is synthetical and verbal. In this connecleaving out subtle details. Because the subject.is tion Dr. padmarjiah says." Although not quite inobviously very wide in scope, it cannot be treated correct, this distinction is apt to the somewhat misfully in a small dissertation like this.
understood if we are not aware of the background
against which it is made. This is because the so: My treatment of the topic falls under four sec
called primary conceptual method is also verbal, tions. Viz, 1. naya and syadvada. 2. naya and
in as much as it not merely requires the aid of word pramana. 2 Naya and Niksepa and 4. Definitions
for the the expressin ot its various standpionts but and kinds of nayas.
also has as many as three, among its seven, stand
points which are exclusively designated a 1 Nayavada ans syadvada
saptabhangi. Further he says "Similarly, in conThe method of standpoints (nayas) and the tradiction to the verdal elements of the concepmethod of dialectical predications (Syadvada) are tual' nayavada, the 'mainly verbal method of the two main wings of non- absolutism Syadvada is so much charged with the epistemo(Anekantavada). In the words of siddhasena - logical character that we might say that its verbal Divakara, Nayas offer the individual Jewels, which
side is more instrumental than intrinsic in value. But are strung together by means of syadvada, into a under Syadvada no distinctions, such as the verba! necklace. Logically, these are two complremetary modes of syadvada and non-verbal or the episteprocesses forming a natural and inevitable devel- mological modes of syadvada can be made since opment of the relativistic presuppositon of the Jaina all modes are both verbal and epistemological. metaphysics. They form a schema wihch is pereminently one of correlative methods rather than 2. Naya and Pramana of theories of reality, although they both prasuppose
Knowledge is attained by means of pramana and explain the primordial notion that all reality is
and Naya. Here, Pramana is mentioned first as it relativistic, Nayavada is principally an analytical
is of superior excellence because it is the source method Investigating a particular standpoint of a
or origin of Naya. The nayas are the division of factual situation accoding to the purpose and level
Pramana. Jaina scripturs say, "Accepting knowlof the equipment of experient (jnatr) Making a fur
edge derived from Pramana, ascertaining one ther distinction between nayavada and syadvada
particular state or mode of substance is naya. (saptabhangti) it can be said that nayas refer to
Secondary, the range of Pramana comprises all the parts of a thing, whereas the saptabhangi reiniinomotrimonio incontrario 24 hormon noronsvom imontraintenir