Essence Of Jaina Scriptures

SR No.: 022313
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Jagdish Prasad Jain
Publisher: Kaveri Books
Publication Year: 2014
Total Pages: 508
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 38 MB

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arrow of a previous time, (a) not consisting of iron 155, (b) not placed in the interspace of string and bow, (c) not in the condition of insertion and (d) not directed at the mark.
5. According to the method of combining existence and nonexistence” (astitva-nastitva-naya) it is successively, with reference to its own and the other (a) substance, (b) place, (c) time, and (d) character, something that possesses and does not possess existence; like the arrow (and that] of a previous time, which (a) consisted of iron and thereafter no more consists of iron, (b) is placed in the interspace of string and bow and thereafter is not placed in the interspace of string and bow, (c) is in the condition of insertion and then not in the condition of insertion, and (d) is directed at the mark and then is not directed at the mark.
6. According to the method of inexpressible” (avaktavya-naya) it is, with simultaneous reference (a) to its own and other substance, (b) its (own and the strange) place, (c) time, and (d) character, something which cannot be described; like the arrow (and that) of a previous time, which (a) consists and does not consist of iron, (b) is placed and is not placed in the interspace of string and bow, (c) is and is not in the condition of insertion, and (d) is directed and is not directed at the mark.
. 7. According to astitva-avaktavya-naya it is, with reference to (a) its own substance, (b) place, (c) time, and (d) character with simultaneous reference, (a) to its own and the other substance, (b) (its own and the strange) place, (c) time, and (d) character, something which possesses existence, but cannot be expressed; like the arrow (and that] of a previous time, which (a) consists of iron, (b) is placed in the interspace of string and bow, (c) is in the condition of insertion, and (d) is directed at the mark, and which, moreover, (a) consists and does not consist of iron, (b) is placed and is not placed in the interspace of string and bow, (c) is and is not in the condition of insertion, and (d) is directed and is not directed at the mark.
8. According to nastitva-avaktavya-naya it is, with reference to (a) another substance, (b) a strange place, (c) time, and (d) character and with simultaneous reference to (a) its own and the other substance, (b) (its own and the strange) place, (c) time, and (d) character, something which does not possess existence and cannot be described; like the arrow (and that] of a previous time, which (a) does not consist