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(generalized viewpoint) only a prasthak (wooden measuring pot) filled with grains is called prasthak (wooden measuring pot).
According to the Rijusutra naya (precisionistic viewpoint) a prasthak is, indeed, a prasthak and 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
In this aphorism the nayas have not been defined but their purpose and use has been described The naya system has been explained with the three examples of prasthak (wooden measuring pot), Vasatı (abode), and Pradesh (space-point) वसतिदृष्टान्त द्वारा नय निरूपण __४७५. से किं तं वसहिदिट्टतेणं ? ___वसहिदिट्टतेणं से जहानामए केइ पुरिसे कंचि पुरिसं वदिज्जा, कहिं भवं वससि ? ॐ तत्थ अविसुझो णेगमो भणइ-लोगे वसामि। ____ लोगे तिविहे पण्णत्ते, तं जहा-उड्डलोए, अधोलोए, तिरियलोए, तेसु सव्वेसु भवं
वससि ? विसुद्धो णेगमो भणइ-तिरियलोए वसामि। ___ तिरियलोए जंबूद्दीवादीया सयंभूरमणपज्जवसाणा असंखेज्जा-दीव-समुद्दा पण्णत्ता, तेसु सव्वेसु भवं वससि ? विसुद्धतराओ णेगमो भणति-जंबुद्दीवे वसामि। ___ जम्बुद्दीवे दस खेत्ता पण्णत्ता, तं जहा-१. भरहे, २. एरवए, ३. हेमवए, ४. एरण्णवए, ५. हरिवस्से, ६. रम्मगवस्से, ७. देवकुरा, ८. उत्तरकुरा, ९. पुष्वविदेहे, १०. अवरविदेहे, तेसु सब्बेसु भवं वससि ? विसुद्धतराओ णेगमो भणति-भरहे वसामि। ___ भरहे वासे दुविहे पण्णत्ते, तं जहा-दाहिणडभरहे य उत्तरडभरहे य, तेसु सब्बेसु भवं वससि ? विसुद्धतराओ णेगमो भणति-दाहिणड्ढभरहे वसामि।
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