Asatkaryavadin, Asatkāryavādin, Asatkāryavādī, Asatkarya-vadin, Asatkarya-vadi, Asatkaryavadi: 2 definitions
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Nyaya (school of philosophy)
Source: Shodhganga: Comparative study of spiritual practices in Jainism and Patanjala yoga (Nyaya)Asatkāryavādin (असत्कार्यवादिन्) refers to a “follower of the Asatkāryavāda doctrine”.—In Indian Philosophy, theory of causation has great significance. Satkāryavāda and asatkāryavāda are two prime doctrines. Asatkāryavādins say that though, the effect is produced out of the cause only and nothing else, still the effect, as an effect, is not in cause, since it is not seen to be present there. The final outcome of this theory is that, effect is only potentially and not actually present in the cause.
This cause and effect relationship is very well explained in details here in Nyāya darśana as compared to similar theories of Jainism, Buddhism and Mimamsa. The prominent defect of Nyāya darśana is that it believes consciousness as accidental character of ātman, as free soul is unconsciousness. Many have criticized their theory of mokṣa, as “mokṣa of Nyāya is a word without any meaning”.
Nyaya (न्याय, nyaya) refers to a school of Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. The Nyaya philosophy is known for its theories on logic, methodology and epistemology, however, it is closely related with Vaisheshika in terms of metaphysics.
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Sanskrit dictionary
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryAsatkāryavādin (असत्कार्यवादिन्):—[=a-sat-kārya-vādin] [from asat-kārya > a-sat] m. one who (like a Naiyāyika) holds that an effect is nonexistent in its cause before production.
Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.
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Partial matches: Vadi, Asatkarya, Vati.
Full-text: Pratityasamutpada, Asatkaryavada.
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Nyaya-Vaisheshika categories (Study) (by Diptimani Goswami)
Asatkāryavāda (b): Pratītyasamutpāda-vāda < [Chapter 8 - The Theory of Causation]
Satkāryavāda < [Chapter 8 - The Theory of Causation]
Asatkāryavāda (a): Ārambha-vāda < [Chapter 8 - The Theory of Causation]
Brahma Sutras (Shankaracharya) (by George Thibaut)
II, 1, 18 < [Second Adhyāya, First Pāda]
Yogadrstisamuccaya of Haribhadra Suri (Study) (by Riddhi J. Shah)
Chapter 4.9 - The nature of a liberated soul (bhāva-nirvāṇa) < [Chapter 4 - The Eight Yogadṛṣṭis and the nature of a Liberated Soul]