Principle of Permanence-in-Change in Jaina Philosophy

The conception of Reality, as permanence-in-change (parinaminit ya) is touched upon by the Agama Bhagavatı Vyakhyāprajnapti in connection with Its dealing with the problem of eternality and non-eternality of Soul (Jiva) and of ultimate atom (paramagupudgala). It is explained that souls and ultimate atom are both eternal and non-eternal from the point of view of

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सिकदार परिणामिनित्यता का अनुसरण भगवती व्याख्याप्रज्ञप्ति से सिद्धसेन दिवाकर और अकलंक तक करते हैं। द्रव्य और पर्याय परस्पर भिन्न भी हैं और अभिन्न भी; इस सिद्धान्त को वे बौद्ध क्षणिकवाद तथा माध्यमिक मत के क्षण-निषेध के सामने रखकर परखते हैं। Sikdar follows parinaminityata, permanence-in-change, from the Bhagavati Vyakhyaprajnapti through Siddhasena Divakara and Akalanka. Substance and mode are identical and different at once, from the substantial and modal standpoints; he sets this against the Buddhist doctrine of momentariness and the Madhyamika denial of a point-instant.

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