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## Karika 105-106]
Devagam
99
'Arthanaya' and the remaining three divisions are called 'Shabdnaya'. There are countless divisions of these, one after another. In short, there are as many divisions of Nayas as there are paths of speech - divisions of words - and alternatives of knowledge. This subject of Nayas is very profound and deep. The specific details of their characteristics, etc., are to be known from texts like Nayachakra, etc.
**Distinction between Syadvada and Kevalgyan - Instruction**
Syadvada - illuminates all principles in Kevalgyan.
The difference is that it is either directly or indirectly, or neither. || 105 ||
Syadvada and Kevalgyan are both illuminators of all principles (like Jiva, etc.). There is a difference (distinction) in their illumination - direct and indirect (indirect). Kevalgyan is the direct and simultaneous illuminator of the seven principles - Jiva, Ajiva, Asrava, Bandha, Samvara, Nirjara, Moksha - while Syadvada, in the form of Shrutagyan, is the indirect (indirect) illuminator of these principles, one by one. Whatever is not illuminated or spoken of by any of these two knowledges is 'Avasthu' (non-existent).
The characteristic of the Nay-Hetu is that it is the same as the object to be proved, by virtue of its similarity to the object to be proved, and by virtue of its non-contradiction.
Syadvada - the Nay which is the special meaning of the divided object - the object to be proved - the object of dispute - the object to be proved - which is expressed by the same Dharma - example - by the similarity of the object to be proved and by the non-contradiction (of the opposite) - is the Gamak or the knower. || 106 ||
'The object to be proved is led or known by this, hence Nay'. From this etymology, the word 'Nay' here is the indicator of the Hetu, and it is also situated in the view of the general Nay, which is the proponent of one Dharma out of many Dharmas.