Satkaryavada is a hypothesis according to which the effect pre-exists in a potential state. The causal process involves a modification of a stable underlying reality. The effect is not produced as a reality that is distinct from its underlying cause. It is a specific rearrangement of that causal substrate.
The Samkhya system is based on the principle of Satkaryavada. The effect pre-exists in the cause here. Cause and effect are seen as temporal aspects of the same thing. It is considered as theory of existent causes. The effect lies latent in the cause which in turn seeds the next effect. It maintains that effect is real. Before its manifestation it is present cause in a potential form.
According to Satkaryavada principle the cause is hidden inside the effect. This effect exists due to several reasons- 1.what is nonexistent cannot be produced; 2.for producing a specific material cause is resorted to; 3.everything cannot be produced; 4.a specific material cause is capable of producing a specific product alone that effect; 5.there is a particular cause for a particular effect. Adi Sankaracharya found Satkaryavada as a useful tool against the doctrine of Annica or momentariness. Two branches of Satkaryavada are vivartavada and parinamavada.
This article is a stub. You can enrich by adding more information to it. Send your Write Up to content@indianetzone.com
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Recently Updated Articles in Indian Philosophy
|
|
|
• | Kapila Kapila was a wise ancient sage, who was the proponent of Sankhya philosophy. Kapila is famous for his teachings as a process of liberation known as Bhakti Yoga.
| | • | First Chapter First Chapter of Aitareya Upanishad states about the creation of the universe by God. It says that the man is the microcosm and food is for the preservation of the world.
| | • | Amrita Bindu Upanishad The Amrita Bindu Upanishad is one of the minor Upanishads of Hinduism and describes the nature of the mind and the ways in which it becomes attached to material objects.
| | • | Abdul Rehman Jilani Dehlvi Syed Abdul Rehman Jilani Dehlvi was a renowned Sufi saint of the Qadri Order in India.
| | • | Nature of God in Jainism Nature of God in Jain Cosmology says that God is not the creator or destroyer of the universe. The nature of God according to Jainism is state of perfect being.
| | |
|
|
|
|