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________________ (clairvoyant knowledge of things and events in distant places and in distant times, either past or future), Manah-Paryaya (telepathic knowledge which enables one to read the minds of others) and Kevala Jnana ( Omniscient knowledge ) form Pratyaksha Pramana. III. Naya is a means of understandig reality from a particular point of view. There are seven different N.iyas: 1. Naigama-Naya. Any part of a series of qualities or actions is taken to represent the whole. A man is seen packing things and when asked, "What are you doing ?", he replies, "I am going to Delhi". He is not actually going then but it is the purpose for which he is packing the things. 2. Samgraha-Naya is the class view. The name rose refers to the whole class of flowers known by that name. 3. Vyavahara-Naya is to study things under the several species constituting a genus. e. g. studying the six dravyas separately. 4. Rijusutra-Naya is to study the nature of a thing at the present mathematical moment e g. "It is very cold now.” 5. Shabda-Naya refers to the use of words having different meanings due to differences in gender number,
SR No.010218
Book TitleJain Darshansara
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorChainsukhdas Nyayatirth, C S Mallinathananan, M C Shastri
PublisherB L Nyayatirth
Publication Year1974
Total Pages238
LanguageHindi
ClassificationBook_Devnagari
File Size9 MB
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