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Aptamīmāṁsā
A naya gives expression to a particular aspect of an object, comprehended fully by syādvāda:
सधर्मणैव साध्यस्य साधादविरोधतः ।। स्याद्वादप्रविभक्तार्थविशेषव्यञ्जको नयः ॥१०६॥
सामान्यार्थ - साध्य का साधर्म्य दृष्टान्त के साथ साधर्म्य द्वारा और वैधर्म्य दृष्टान्त के साथ वैधर्म्य द्वारा बिना किसी विरोध के जो स्याद्वाद-रूप परमागम के विषयभूत अर्थ-विशेष ('नित्यत्व' आदि) का व्यञ्जक होता है, वह नय कहलाता है।
Anaya gives expression to a particular aspect (like 'nityatva') of an object, comprehended fully by syādvāda, through the use of homogeneous (sādharmya) or heterogenous (vaidharmya) example (drstānta) to establish, without contradiction, inseparable connection (vyāpti) between the major term (sādhya) and the middle term (hetu). (Thus, naya is designated here as a virtual synonym of hetu, beside its usual designation as a relative, one-sided comprehension.)
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