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Sat and its
dications.
own for
as and included among the fundamental pradicaments or categories for convenience. We call it substance or reality by which we mean that it is Sat i. e., it has tripartite inan independent existence of its its characteristic indication ( सत्द्रव्यलक्षगाम् ). Sat is, again, defined as what persists in and through its own qualities and modifications ( सोदति स्वकीयान् गुणपध्यायान् व्याप्नोति ). It (Sat) is further characterised as standing under, supporting and holding together as well, the attributes or qualities (J) and modifications (1) revealed in the forms of origination or effects (1), and destruction disintegration() in and through which the substance asserts and maintains its own existence and continuance (a) as perceived during the course of its interaction with other things ( उत्पाद - व्यय - ध्रौवयुक्तं सत् ).
Thus the characteristic indication of Definiti on
of,
(i) Substance
Substance being as such, we may define it as the underlying entity (a) which itself, remaining essentially the same in and through all its modes of being, gives support and connection to all its qualities, modalities and the like.
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