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| '''Syādvāda''' (]: स्यादवाद) is the ] of ] of ]. The starting assumption or postulate is given as saptabhanginaya, from which other statements are logically derived. | |||
| ==Sanskrit== | |||
| The word ''syadvada'' comes from two roots. ''Syat'' means "may be", whereas ''vada'' means "doctrine". Placed together ''syādvāda'' becomes the "the doctrine of may be" <ref name="Syadvada">{{Cite web | |||
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| | title =The Indian-Jaina Dialectic of Syadvad in Relation to Probability (I) | |||
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| | url =http://www.jainworld.com/jainbooks/firstep-2/indianjaina-1-1.htm | |||
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| ==Theory of Sevenfold Predications== | |||
| ] describes the ''saptabhanginaya'' "sevenfold predication".<ref name="Syadvada"/> | |||
| * 1.Syād-asti — "From a perspective, it is" | |||
| * 2.Syād-nāsti — "From a perspective, it is not" | |||
| * 3.Syād-asti-nāsti — "From a perspective, it is and it is not" | |||
| * 4.Syād-asti-avaktavyaḥ — "From a perspective, it is and it is indescribable" | |||
| * 5.Syād-nāsti-avaktavyaḥ — "From a perspective, it is not and it is indescribable" | |||
| * 6.Syād-asti-nāsti-avaktavyaḥ — "From a perspective, it is, it is not and it is indescribable" | |||
| * 7.Syād-avaktavyaḥ — "From a perspective, it is indescribable" | |||
| ''Saptabhangi'' or the seven-aspects logical predication is an important doctrine of Jaina. According to this, the same object may be described by seven distinct propositions. These are the seven possible ways of a-priori description. We cannot have another proposition about an object which cannot be brought under any one of the seven propositions. The complex nature of a substance or ] is amenable to decryption by the above seven and only seven propositions. To have a complete description then, the thing must be taken in all the seven ways. In each case it is the same fact that is the subject of the propositions which are certainly diverse in nature. That only means that different and apparently conflicting ideas may be predicated of the same subject. This is possible only in ] philosophy. | |||
| ==See also== | |||
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| ==Notes and references== | |||
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| 3. Jain, M.K., Logic of evidence-based inference propositions. Current Science, 2011. 100: p. 1663-1672. | |||
| 4. Jain, M.K., Nay: English translation of the seminal works (URL http://www.hira-pub.org/nay/index.html). 1999. | |||
| 5. Hiraiynna, M., Outlines of Indian Philosophy. 1921, London: George Allen & Unwin Ltd. 420. | |||
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