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## Introduction
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Not only in sentences, but also in the sentences of Kevalis, the 'syāt' particle is inherent, and being the representative of one (intended) dharma, it reveals the existence of all other (unintended) dharmas.
In Karika 104, the same 'syāt's' argument (belief), i.e., Syādvāda, is explained. It is said that what is established by the words 'kiñcit' and 'kathañcit', which does not have the smell of singularity, and which is the establisher of the intended (upadeya) and the negator (sanmātrasūcak) of the unintended (hayas - remaining dharmas) through the seven-fold predication, is Syādvāda. Kathañcitvāda, kiñcitvāda are synonyms of this.
In Karika 105, while declaring the importance of Syādvāda, it is said that Syādvāda has the same importance in the revelation of truth as Kevalajñāna. Both are the revealers of all truths. If there is any difference between them, it is only that Kevalajñāna is the direct revealer of all truths, and Syādvāda is the indirect (parokṣa) revealer of them.
In Karika 106, it is stated that the mentioned revelation of truth happens not only through Syādvāda (śruta-ahetuvāda-āgama) but also through nay, and in nay, hetu is intended. What is the cause of the particular (dharma) of the meaning known through Syādvāda, and which has the similarity of the affirmative side and the dissimilarity of the negative side (anyathānupannatva), i.e., being inseparable from the object, is the cause of the object. The commentators have explained that the author has also mentioned the characteristics of nay in this Karika. According to their explanation, nay is that important means of knowledge of truth which makes one aware of each dharma of anekanta, which is measured by Syādvāda. The knowledge that is the receiver of the whole is pramana, and the knowledge that is the receiver of the non-whole is nay. This is the difference between the two.
In Karika 107, the nature of the Jain-accepted object (pramaya) is also described. Nay has been mentioned above. The collection (samaṣṭi) of the trikālavarti dharmas (guṇa-paryāyas) which are the subject matter of it and its divisions and sub-divisions (upanayas) is called dravya (vastu-pramaya). This collection...