Materiality of language in jain philosophy: introductory matters
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https://doi.org/10.18778/1689-4286.35.09Keywords:
Jainism, language, matter, atom, molecule, substance, mode, multidimensionality, living being, causalityAbstract
The aim of this article is to describe the concept of language materiality in the Jain philosophy, focusing on the literature of classical period (5th-10th c. CE). I concentrate on the following texts: Viyāhapannatti, Ālāpa-paddhati, Tattvârtha-sūtra, Tattvârthasūtra-rājavārttika etc. I take into account diverse questions such as: multidimensionality of reality, attendance of matter, the theory of molecules (vargaṇās) and the problem of matter modifications (pariṇāma).
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