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[ 1. 11 subject. On the other hand Dravyāstika looks down upon the statement of Paryāyāstika in the same fashion.
** An additional light is thrown here upon the distinction between the proper provinces of two Nayas. Dravyāstika takes its stand exclusively upon the universality of a subject. while Paryāyāstika views the same object exclusively from the stand point of particularization. Here each does not consider the assertion of its rival Naya as its property. Herein lies the true distinction between these two Nayas and their spheres when applied to one and the same thing. 10
Both the Nayas touch different phases or aspects of one and the same thing. This is stated in the following verse :
उप(प )ज्जति वियंति य भावा नियमेण पज्जवणयस्स । दव्वट्ठियस्स सव्वं सया अणुप्पन्नमविणटुं ॥ ११ ॥
From the standpoint of Paryāyāstika all things are necessarily born and perish; Dravyāstika, on the other hand, holds that all things exist eternally without birth and decay.
Dravyāstika takes cognizance of the eternal or the abiding element in a thing while Paryāyāstika looks only towards the changing character of that thing. 11
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