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14
Tatvartha Sutram
(1) ma afer Syat Asti, 1. e. from the point of view of its own is own subject matter place, time and nature, the substance is i. e, exists as itself.
(2) ene af Syat Nasti, 1. e. from the point of view of the subject matter, place, time and nature of non-substance, it is, not i e. it is not non-substance.
(3) ter sa afa Syat Asti Nasti, 1. e. from the point of view of e same quarternary relating to itself and non-substance, it may be said that substance is and is not if we make the statement successively.
(4) 717 ** Syat Avaktva 1. e. if statement under Syat Asti Nasta, are attempted to be made of once, it can not be done. Thus a a substance is unpredicable.
(5) pa si spostata Syat Asti Avaktavya, 1 e. from the point of view of its own quaternary and at the same time from the joint quarternary of itself and non-substance, substance is and is also unpredicaple.
(6) FA alfa 574 Syat Nastı Avaktavya, 1 e From the point of view of non-substance quaternary and at the same time from the joint quarternary of itself and non-substance, substance is not and is unpredicable.
(7) a afa alfta öda Syat Astı Nastı Avaktva, i. e. from the point of view of its own quaternary and non-substance quaternary and at the same time from the joint quaternary of itself and nonsubstance, substance is and is not and is unpredicable
(See Panchastıkaya Gatha 14 )
There are the Universal instruments for acquiring all kinds of knowledge.
But there are particular ways in which they can be usefully applied to right belief. Those ways are given in Sutra 7th and 8th,
Sutra 6th gives the means of acquirings Adhigama. Sutras 7th and 8th give the modes of employing those means.
