Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other…
2023
Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other as Reason R.
Assertion A: Atyantabhava is eternal.
Reason R: If a particular thing does not exist in a particular locus at any time, then it is said that there is Atyantabhava of that thing.
In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer: A. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A — CONCEPTIn Nyaya-Vaisheshika, atyantabhava is absolute or constant non-existence: the absence of a relation through all three times—past, present, and future.…
- A.
Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
- B.
Both A and R are true but R is NOT the correct explanation of A
- C.
A is true but R is false
- D.
A is false but R is true
Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: A
CONCEPT
In Nyaya-Vaisheshika, atyantabhava is absolute or constant non-existence: the absence of a relation through all three times—past, present, and future.
Because this absence has neither a beginning nor an end, it is described as eternal.
APPLICATION
Assertion A states that atyantabhava is eternal. Reason R describes a thing as absent from a locus at every time. Thus R expresses the all-time condition that makes this kind of absence beginningless and endless.
CONTRAST
“Both true, with explanation” keeps the logical link between all-time absence and eternality.
“Both true, without explanation” separates two claims whose temporal content is directly connected.
“A true, R false” rejects the standard all-three-times account of atyantabhava.
“A false, R true” accepts the all-time account but denies the resulting beginningless and endless character.
CROSS-CHECK
Check the time span: an absence that holds in the past, present, and future has no first or last moment. Therefore both A and R are true, and R correctly explains A.