Arthakriyakaritva, Arthakriyākāritva, Arthakriyakarin-tva: 1 definition
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Source: HereNow4U: Applied Philosophy of AnekantaArthakriyākāritva (अर्थक्रियाकारित्व) or simply Arthakriyākārin refers to “causal efficiency”.—It was quite natural that in the beginning of the rise of philosophy, every school used to speak in support of its own doctrine and against the invalidity of those of others. But in the age of logic, the Indian scholars advanced the argument that the entity which is capable of performing a function (arthakriyākārin) can be only sat or reality and nothing else. The credit of advancing this logical criterion of arthakriyākāritva, (causal efficiency) goes to the Buddhist tradition. The word ‘arthakriyā’ occurs in the early Buddhist work Lalitavistara in the sense of being useful to others without any metaphysical significance.
Hemachandra defines the arthakriyākāritva as the criterion of existence or being as the performance of certain specific action, or rather, existence, “arthakriyā sāmarthyāt, tallakṣaṇatvād vastunaḥ”. It means that a certain effect has been produced in some way (causal efficiency) then it is called Reality.
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Partial matches: Tva, Arthakriyakarin.
Full-text: Arthakriyakarin, Abhishta, Arthakriya.
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A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 1 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 17 - The Doctrine of Momentariness and the Doctrine of Causal Efficiency (Arthakriyākāritva) < [Chapter V - Buddhist Philosophy]
Part 1 - A Review (of Kapila and Sāṃkhya) < [Chapter VII - The Kapila and the Pātañjala Sāṃkhya (yoga)]
Part 13 - Knowledge as Revelation < [Chapter VI - The Jaina Philosophy]
Padarthadharmasamgraha and Nyayakandali (by Ganganatha Jha)
Text 7 < [Text 2: Source of Knowledge]