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Dravyanuyoga (Metaphysics)द्रव्यानुयोग

A Note on the Jaina Conception of Substance

Bimal Krishna Matilalसंबोधि1976pp. 3–12

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The Late Professor A N. Upadhye was an excellent scholar of Jainism and Prakrit studies. His contribution in this field was as varied as it was remarkable One of his major works was the erudito edition of Kunda- kunda's Pravacanasara (in 1935) which contained an elaborate Introduction in English, and the Prakrit verses of Kundakunda

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मतिलाल कुन्दकुन्द और उमास्वाति से लेकर सिद्धसेन तथा समन्तभद्र तक जैन द्रव्य-विचार का विकास दिखाते हैं। तत्त्वार्थसूत्र 5.29-5.41 को भाष्य और पूज्यपाद की सर्वार्थसिद्धि के साथ पढ़कर वे गुण और पर्याय का भेद स्पष्ट करते हैं, तथा बौद्ध क्षणिकवाद एवं वैशेषिक द्रव्यवाद के बीच जैन मध्यमार्ग स्थापित करते हैं। Matilal traces the Jaina conception of substance from Kundakunda and Umasvati to Siddhasena and Samantabhadra. Reading Tattvarthasutra 5.29 to 5.41 with the Bhasya and Pujyapada's Sarvarthasiddhi, he distinguishes guna from paryaya and places the Jaina position between Buddhist flux and Vaisesika substance.

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Hindi title: A Note on the Jaina Conception of Substance
English title: Not yet translated
Diacritical (IAST): Not yet transliterated
Language: English
Author: Bimal Krishna Matilal
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Bimal Krishna Matilal. “A Note on the Jaina Conception of Substance.” Saṃbodhi, vol. 5, no. 2-3, 1976, pp. 3–12.

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