Saptabhangi-Tarangini

The Seven Facets of Reality

Saptabhangi-tarangini is a rare and important treatise of Jaina philosophy from the pen of prominent scholar pandit Vimaladasa. It is written in Sanskrit prose. Acharya Samanta-bhadra pronounced the Jaina theory regarding Existence, Knowledge and Expression. The same has been expanded and explained in detail by Acharya Akalanka and Acharya Vidyananda. Saptabhangi-tarangini is an important link in the same chair of thought. It not only emphasizes expression but also constitutes the main theme of the work in the form of the theory of Sevenfold Predication.

Dr. S.C. Jain has attempted the English translation of the book dividing the entire Sanskrit text into a number of paragraphs to facilitate a comparison of the English version with the original Sanskrit text of the work.

The book is very much suggestive of newer channels of research by delving deep into the theory under consideration. The modern scholars, it may be gainfully hoped, will appreciate the work.

• Introduction & Sample page (scroll book page down)