Ācārya Devasena’s Ālāpa Paddhati – The Ways of Verbal Expression श्रीमदाचार्य देवसेन विरचित आलाप पद्धति : The Ways of Verbal Expression: The Ways of Verbal Expression

By Jain, Vijay, K.

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Title:	Ācārya Devasena’s Ālāpa Paddhati – The Ways of Verbal Expression श्रीमदाचार्य देवसेन विरचित आलाप पद्धति : The Ways of Verbal Expression: The Ways of Verbal Expression
Author:	Jain, Vijay, K.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Non Fiction, Philosophy, Jainism
Collections:	Authors Community, Adventure
Historic Publication Date:	2024
Publisher:	Vijay Kumar Jain

Member Page:	Vijay K. Jain
Citation APA MLA Chicago Jain, V. K. (2024). Ācārya Devasena’s Ālāpa Paddhati – The Ways of Verbal Expression श्रीमदाचार्य देवसेन विरचित आलाप पद्धति : The Ways of Verbal Expression. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Description
Ālāpa Paddhati, composed by Ācārya Devasena (c. tenth century, Vikrama Samvat) is a Jaina text primarily on the topics of the standpoints (naya) and the secondary-standpoints (upanaya). It also delves into the substances (dravya), their qualities or attributes (guṇa), modes (paryāya), and nature (svabhāva). It is true that without appreciating the import and applicability of the individual standpoints (naya), one may get lost in the complex maze of the standpoints and cause great harm to one’s understanding, and even to one’s mental balance. Ālāpa Paddhati is essential reading for every serious reader of the Dravyānuyoga that spreads the light of right (scriptural) knowledge by illuminating the Reality of substances – soul (jīva) and non-soul (ajīva), merit (puṇya) and demerit (pāpa), bondage (bandha) and liberation (mokṣa), including influx (āsrava), stoppage (saṃvara), and gradual dissociation (nirjarā). The book has a useful Appendix that explains the doctrines of non-absolutism (anekāntavāda) and conditional predication (syādvāda). This slim volume needs to be read over and over again to internalize the underlying concepts fully.

Summary
The book is for learned scholars of the Jaina doctrine and philosophy of logic.

Excerpt
In the three substances (dravya) – the medium-of-motion (dharma), the medium-of-rest (adharma) and the space (ākāśa) – these five nature do not exist: consciousness (cetanasvabhāva), corporealness (mūrtasvabhāva), unnatural (vibhāvasvabhāva), impure (aśuddhasvabhāva) and figurative (upacaritasvabhāva); these substances have the remaining sixteen nature. p. 38