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Listings of 14 Purvas
1. Utpada-purva 1. describes the origination, destruction,
and permanance nature of substances 2. Agraya-niya
1. describes seven tattvas, and six dravyas 3. Viryanu-vad 1. describes the power and qualities of
living and nonliving substances. 4. Asti-nasti-pravad 1. Seven ways (saydvad) of considering
things and their usage. 5. Jnana-pravad
1. Eight types of knowledge (Jnana) 6. Satya-pravad
1. Description of truth, silence, speakers 7. Atma-pravad 1. Description of soul (Atma) from Nischaya
and Vyavahar point of view
