A comparative study of the Jaina thories of reality and knowledge/ Y.J. Padmarajiah

PART I ; ONTOLOGY (The Nature of Reality)
Chapter I : A Preliminary Statement of an Im
portant Vedantic and Buddhistic Objection
against the Jaina View of Reality, leading
to the Formulation of Five Types of
Approach to the Problem of Reality
Chapter' II : A Study in Contrasts : A. The
Philosophy of Identity (or Being); B. The
Philosophy of Difference (Becoming or
Change)
Chapter III : The Schools of Philosophy in which
Identity Subordinates Difference : A. The
Sahkhya System; B. The Bhedabheda Sys
tems of (i) Bhartrprapanca, (ii) Bhaskara
and Yadavaprakasa, (iii) Nimbarka, (iv)
Ramanuja; C. Hegelianism
Chapter IV : The Schools of Philosophy in which
Difference Subordinates Identity : A. The
Vaisesika System; B. The Dvaita System
(of Madhva)
Chapter V : The Jama Philosophy of Identity-in-
Difference in which Identity is Co-ordinate
with Difference
Chapter VI : The Externalistic Doctrine of Identity-
in-Difference (Ubhayavada) versus the
Doctrine of a Unique and Integral Synthesis
of Identity-in-Difference (Jatyantaravada)
Chapter VII : Is Relation an Entity, or a Mental
Construction, or a Structural Manifestation
of Identity-in-DifTerence in Reality ?
Chapter VIII : A Consideration of Two Contro
versies Concerning Dravya and Guna
(and/or Paryaya) with a view to Clarifying
the Nature of Both ; (1) How far could a
Dravya be treated as a Concrete Universal ?
(2) Are Gunas the Same as, or Different
from, Paryayas ?
PART n ; EFISTEMOLOGY : A. ANEKANTAVADA,
the Theory of Manifoldness, the
, Most Consistent Theory of Realism; B.
NAYAVADA, the Theory of Standpoints; C.
SYADVADA, or Saptabhahgi, the Dialectic
of Conditional or Sevenfold Predication
Chapter IX : Anskantavada or the Theory of
Manifoldncss
Chapter 'X : Nayavada or the Theory of
Standpoints
Chapter XI : Syadvada or the Dialectic of
Conditional Predication