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Anekanta : Philosophy of co-existence
and pudgal (physical substance of matter). Conscience is the prime quality of the jiva whereas pudagal is bereft of conscience. Its prime attribute is quadruple combination of colour, smell, taste and touch. From the perspective of prime attribute jiva and pudagal are two different substances. Yet from the perspective of state they are not different. Jiva also has its form and pudgal too has its form. The two are not different also from the viewpoint of knowledgeability, objectivity and transitoribility.According to the anekānta (a multi-faceted viewpoint or non-absolutism) school of thought totally identity and totally divergence is an absolutist approach. With this approach truth cannot be explained properly. There are eight main areas of the anekānta viewpoint. 1. True
2. Untrue 3. Permanent 4. Impermanent 5. Similar
6. Dissimilar 7. Expressible 8. Inexpressible True and Untrue Truth may be explained on the basis of substance. The drauvyansh (part of persistent) of substance is true. It is related to three periods – it existed in the past, exists in the present and will also exist in the future. In the case of persistence there is only truth and nothing is untruth. There is a place for both truth and untruth in the portion of modes of substance. The present mode is true but the past and
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