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meanings substance, quality, action, etc.. for these are the different aspects of a thing. But from a particular point of view, there can be only one meaning; that is to say, from the svaparyaya point of view, everything is different from everything else. Jar' from the general point of view expresses all the meanings substance, quality, etc.; from the particular point of view it has only the conventional meaning viz. an object jar of a particular shape, etc.. This is how all words can be explained (1600-1603).
After this exposition, Indrabhuti was convinced of the greatness and veracity of Mahavira, and he became a monk along with his five hundred pupils (1604).
It may be noted that henceforth what is common to the discussions has not been repeated, only the new and distinctive points have been discussed. The reader is expected to supply the common arguments and maintain a compact argument in each discourse.
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