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Anekanta : Philosophy of co-existence
unchangeable and māyā is changeable; Brahma, being beyond element and unelement, is unspeakable. What has been said above proves that the concept of 'only permanence' or 'only impermanence' is not of universal application, whereas anekānta covers the total element and is, therefore, of universal application. Ācārya Hemchandra puts this universality in a poetic fashion -
Ādîpamāvyomasamasvabhāvam syādvādmudrānatibhedi vastu, tannityamevaikamanityamanyaditi tvadājñādvistām pralāpāh.
'The element, not going outside the realm of syādavāda is of the same nature, be it a lamp or the space. Some of those (philosophers) who do not obey your dictum O Lord! Indiscreetly declare element to be absolutely permanent, whereas others declare it to be absolutely temporary.' From the point of view of substance, element neither originates nor perishes. From the point of view of mode, the mode originates and perishes. The Bhagavatî Sūtra speaks of two aspects of element – the permanent and the temporary. The permanent part does not change, the temporary part undergoes change -'athire palottai, thire na palottai'. Umāsvāti defined element as consisting of permanence, origination and destruction on the basis of the two view
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