Nityanityatvavada, Nityānityatvavāda, Nityanityatva-vada: 1 definition

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Source: International Journal of Jaina Studies: Haribhadra Sūri on Nyāya and Sāṃkhya

Nityānityatvavāda (नित्यानित्यत्ववाद) refers to the “doctrine of eternity-and-noneternity (of the Jainas)”.—The Śāstravārtāsamuccaya by Haribhadra Sūri’s is not a compendium of philosophical systems (darśana) but a comprehensive account (samuccaya) of doctrinal (śāstra) expositions (vārtā/vārttā) or simply doctrines (vāda). The Śāstravārtāsamuccaya (also, Śāstravārttāsamuccaya) is subdivided into stabakas, chapters or sections, for example: Nityānityatvavāda—on the doctrine of eternity-and-noneternity of the Jainas

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