The Jain Ontological Model according to Kundakunda and Umāsvāti
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| Title | The Jain Ontological Model according to Kundakunda and Umāsvāti |
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| Abstract | Abstract Jainism proposes a unique theory of reality in which the extreme positions of absolute identity and permanence on the one hand and absolute difference and change on the other are avoided in favour of integrative ontology. Here, identity and difference as well as permanence and change are coordinated. The vertical and horizontal descriptions of the nature of reality are reflected in the basic definitions of substance and existence. This paper examines how this ontology is outlined in the works of Kundakunda and Umāsvāti. Keywords: Jainism, ontology, identity, difference, permanence, change Izvleček Džainizem predlaga edinstveno teorijo stvarnosti, ki v prid integrativni ontologiji obide skrajni stališči absolutne identitete in stalnosti na eni strani ter absolutne razlike in spremembe na drugi. Razmerje med identiteto in razliko ter stalnostjo in spremembo je opredeljeno kot koordinativno. Vertikalen in horizontalen opis narave stvarnosti se odražata v temeljnih opredelitvah substance in eksistence. Pričujoči članek preiskuje, kako je navedena ontologija zastavljena v delih Kundakunda in Umāsvātija. Ključne besede: džainizem, ontologija, identiteta, razlika, stalnost, sprememba |
| Publisher | jubljana University Press, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana/Znanstvena založba FF |
| Date | 2013-04-30 |
| Source | Azijske študije Vol 1, No 1: The Indian Subcontinent: Between Tradition and Modernity |