SAPTABHAṄGĪNAYA OF JAINA LOGIC AND THE CULTURE OF VĀDA

Abstract

There is no need to repeat the Saptabhaṅgīnaya method of enquiry (not a method of demonstration as in the Pañcāvayavī-nyāya of the Naiyāyikas) since it has been much discussed previously by other authors of Indian philosophy. For the time being, the central thesis of saptabhaṅgīvāda can be summarized as follows: