@ARTICLE{Glinicka_Małgorzata_On_2020, author={Glinicka, Małgorzata}, volume={vol. LXXIII}, number={No 2}, pages={111-145}, journal={Rocznik Orientalistyczny/Yearbook of Oriental Studies}, howpublished={online}, year={2020}, publisher={The Committee of Oriental Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences and The Publishing House ELIPSA}, abstract={The main concern of the present paper is to determine which types of linguistic descriptions are fit to properly express a complex reality such as developed in Jaina theory of universals and particulars presented in the Jaina Literature of the Classical Period (5th–10th c. CE) in order to demonstrate a way in which the Jaina theory of universals and particulars has an impact upon the way we describe reality through language. I take into consideration the fact that, according to the Jaina philosophy, reality is not describable in the complete way and that there is always – in any linguistic act of picturing the world – the margin of non-cognizance and non-expressiveness. The Jaina philosophy of language offers the original solutions, different from those given by other Indian thinkers, to the abovementioned problems.}, type={Article}, title={On how to Speak about Universals and Particulars in the Jaina Philosophical Literature of the Classical Period (5th–10th c. CE)}, URL={http://www.czasopisma.pan.pl/Content/118025/PDF/ROrient%2073%20z.%202-20%205Glinicka.pdf}, doi={10.24425/ro.2020.135022}, keywords={sāmānya, viśeṣa, vastu, artha, pramāṇa, substance, mode}, }