This article would not have been possible without the scientific guidance and
support of Dr. Priyadarshana Jain, Assistant Professor and Head i/c, Department of
Jainology, University of Madras, who had presented to me a very complex and
coherent vision of matter from Jaina point of view and a problem of vargaṇās, with
special accentuation laid on bhāṣā-vargaṇās and an issue of omniscience. Dr. Jain
indicated also Ālāpa-paddhati as a source of unprecedented knowledge on basic facts
of the Jain philosophy.The aim of this article is to describe the concept of language materiality
in the Jain philosophy, focusing on the literature of classical period (5th-
10th c. CE). I concentrate on the following texts: Viyāhapannatti, Ālāpapaddhati,
Tattvârtha-sūtra, Tattvârthasūtra-rājavārttika etc. I take into
account diverse questions such as: multidimensionality of reality,
attendance of matter, the theory of molecules (vargaṇās) and the
problem of matter modifications (pariṇāma).Artykuł został sfinansowany ze środków Narodowego Centrum Nauki, nr
rejestracyjny projektu: UMO-2014/13/N/HS1/01061, tytuł „Dżinijska filozofia języka
w okresie klasycznym (V-X w.) i jej epistemologiczne oraz ontologiczne
konsekwencje”.
The article is funded by National Science Centre under the project no. UMO-
2014/13/N/HS1/01061 entitled “Jaina Philosophy of Language in Classical Period
(5th-10th c. CE) and Its Epistemological and Ontological Implications”
