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i unambiguous or clear co-ordinated viewpoint)—"I cut a prasthak (wooden measuring pot).”
Then, seeing him chiseling the piece of wood someone asks"What do you chisel ?" He answers from vishuddhatar Naigam naya (clearer co-ordinated viewpoint)—“I chisel a prasthak (wooden measuring pot).”
Then, seeing him carving the middle portion of the piece of wood someone asks—“What do you carve ?” He answers from vishuddhatar Naigam naya (still clear co-ordinated viewpoint) "I carve a prasthak (wooden measuring pot)."
Then, seeing him engraving the carved piece of wood someone asks—"What do you engrave ?" He answers from vishuddhatar
Naigam naya (still clear co-ordinated viewpoint)-“I engrave a u prasthak (wooden measuring pot)."
This way questions and answers should be stated till the process of making a prasthak (wooden measuring pot) is concluded.
Same is true for Vyavahar naya (particularized viewpoint). (In ve other words the particularized viewpoint also accepts the aforesaid
stages involved in the process of making a prasthak as prasthak).
According to Samgraha naya (generalized viewpoint) only a prasthak (wooden measuring pot) filled with grains is called S prasthak (wooden measuring pot).
According to the Rijusutra naya (precisionistic viewpoint) a prasthak is, indeed, a prasthak but the measured thing (grains etc.) is also a prasthak.
According to the three Shabda nayas (verbal viewpoints) the person who knows the purview of the meaning of the word prasthak or he who is conversant with and involved in the use and making of a prasthak is called a prasthak.
This concludes the description of prasthak drıstant (example of wooden measuring pot).
Elaboration-Jain philosophy is the philosophy of non-absolutism. It believes that everything in this world has infinite properties. No person सचित्र अनुयोगद्वार सूत्र-२
(320) Ilustrated Anuyogadvar Sutra-2
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