Aptamimamsa
Aptamimamsa is a Jain text composed by Acharya Samantabhadra, a Jain acharya said to have lived about the latter part of the second century AD. Āptamīmāṁsā is a treatise of 114 verses which discusses the Jaina view of Reality, starting with the concept of omniscience and the attributes of the Omniscient.
Content
The English translation of the first verse is:In Verse 91 acharya asserts that both fate and human-effort are jointly responsible for desirable and undesirable effects.
In Verse 98 acharya propounds that bondage is caused due to ignorance 'accompanied' by delusion, and bondage is not caused due to ignorance 'not accompanied' by delusion.
Jaina Logic
Two important concepts, particular to the Jaina logic, are that of syādvāda and anekāntavāda. These have been discussed comprehensively in Aptamimamsa.Syādvāda
Syādvāda is the doctrine of conditional predications. Highlighting the indispensability of syādvāda, Āchārya Samantabhadra asserts:According to the Jains, Syādvāda and kevalajñāna are the foundational facts of knowledge. In this regard, Āchārya Samantabhadra writes: