UGC NET Questions (Paper – 1)

Saptabhangi nyaya is the technical name for the sevenfold pattern of predication that Jainas use to articulate syadvada. It lays out seven possible qualified statements about any object, combining affirmation, negation and indescribability in different ways. This scheme illustrates how many-sidedness can be logically expressed. Hence the sevenfold scheme mentioned in the stem is called saptabhangi nyaya.

Option A:
Option A, syadvada, is the broader doctrine of conditional predication that requires the use of "syat" but does not itself specify the particular sevenfold pattern. Saptabhangi is a more detailed articulation within syadvada.

Option B:
Option B, anekantavada, is the metaphysical doctrine about reality's many facets, not the specific logical schema for formulating statements.

Option C:
Option C, trairupya, refers to the three marks of a valid hetu in Nyaya inference and is unrelated to the Jaina sevenfold classification of judgments.

Option D:
Option D is correct because saptabhangi literally means "having seven limbs" and is the standard Jaina label for the ordered set of seven conditional predications.