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they discard their individual name of a partial truth' and get the designation of Samyag-Darśana.
SANMATI-TARKA
Jewels are transformed into necklace by virtue of their perforations and arrangement. Similarly the veracity of the Nayas depends upon their mutual supplementing, 22-25
The method of illustration has got its own merits says the folloing verse :
लोइयपरिच्छयसुहो निच्छयवयरणपडिवत्तिमग्गो य । 38 quuauifqaz fa àm afteægerufen 11 RE 11
An illustration1 appeals both to the man of common sense as well as to the man of science with his subtle intellect. It is an easy means of convincing them beyond doubt as regards the significance of a particular proposition.
An illustration has the merit of easily convincing both the man adept in science and a man with a practical sense. It is competent to bring out clearly the matter at issue; and has a power of imparting the knowledge of the concomitance of things; without it no establishment of conclusion is possible. It is with all these considerations that the illustration of a necklace of jewels has been freely introduced by the author. 26
1 Compare Nyaya-Sutra: 1. 1. 25.
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