
Concepts Schools
Abhava
Abhava means non-existence, negation, nothing, or absence.
It is the negative of Bhava which means being, becoming, existing, or appearance.
The Vaisheshika, the Nyaya, the Bhatta Mimamsa, and Dvaita schools hold Abhava as a distinct category. Recognized as a reality by the Nyaya school, Abhava is often stated to be the reality of the greatest moment in the pluralistic universe and is connected with Mukti.
Anuplabdhi
Anupalabdhi means ‘non-recognition’, ‘non-perception’.
This word refers to the Pramana of Non-perception which consists of the presentative knowledge of negative facts.
According to the Bhatta school of Purva-Mimamsa and Advaita-Vedanta system of philosophy, Anupalabdhi is a way to apprehend an absence; it is regarded as a means of knowledge, the other five being – pratyaksa (‘perception’), anumana (‘inference’), sabda (‘testimony’), upamana (‘comparison’) and arthapatti (‘presumption’). The perception of negation or non-existence in its various forms is also due to the relation of attributiveness.
Apoha
The apoha theory is first and foremost an approach to the problem of universals — the problem of the one over the many.
The apoha theory is a distinctive Buddhist approach to being a nominalist.
Syadavada
Syadvada, in Jaina metaphysics, the doctrine that all judgments are conditional, holding good only in certain conditions, circumstances, or senses, expressed by the word syat (Sanskrit: “may be”). The ways of looking at a thing (called naya) are infinite in number.