dhava/dhavI

[Ashok Aklujkar]

I try not to emend texts, but in the case of the text you have cited I have
a strong suspicion that the original of dhavIm was padavIm, 'path,'
contextually frequently meaning 'level, status'. Pl check the mss.

ashok aklujkar


On 8/23/07 6:51 PM, "Himal Trikha" <himal.trikha at UNIVIE.AC.AT> wrote:
> a passage in the SatyazAsanaparIkSA, a
> text of the Jain author Vidyanandin, that states with regard to the
> anekAntazAsana, i.e. "Jain philosophy":
> 
> tad eva satyazAsanadhavIm AroDhum ISTe.
> So far I translate:
> "This (anekantazAsana) alone is able to rise up to (being) the possessor
> of the true doctrine."