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Elaboration-As the scope of the first three nayas including Naigam is broader they accept all the aforesaid three kinds of shankh as shankh This is because they install the future effect on the cause and accept it as the consequence. For example a 'would be king' is called king even when he is still a prince In the same way the three kinds of physical shankh, Ekabhavik, Baddhayushk and Abhimukh-naam-gotra, although not shankh at present, are accepted as shankh because they are to become shankh in future
Rijusutra naya is more specific as compared to the former three nayas. Therefore, it only accepts Baddhayushk and Abhimukh-naamgotra as shankh. It says that Ekabhavik cannot be accepted as shankh because it is considerably far from actually becoming a shankh.
Shabd, Samabhirudha and Evambhuta nayas are even more specific than Rijusutra naya. Therefore, they accept Abhimukh-naam-gotra as shankh because it is on the threshold of becoming a shankh but do not accept the other two because they are comparatively farther from becoming an actual shankh (४) औपम्यसंख्या
४९२. (१) से किं तं ओवम्मसंखा ?
ओवम्मसंखा चउव्विहा पण्णत्ता। तं जहा-१. अत्थि संतयं संतएणं उवमिज्जइ २. अत्थि संतयं असंतएणं उवमिज्जइ ३. अत्थि असंतयं संतएणं उवमिज्जइ ४. अत्थि असंतयं असंतएणं उवमिज्जइ।
४९२. (१) (प्र.) औपम्यसंख्या क्या है ?
(उ.) (उपमा देकर किसी वस्तु का स्वरूप समझाना औपम्यसख्या है।) उसके चार प्रकार हैं। जैसे-(१) सद् वस्तु को सद् वस्तु की उपमा देना, (२) सद् वस्तु को असद् वस्तु की उपमा देना, (३) असद् वस्तु को सद् वस्तु की उपमा देना, तथा (४) असद् वस्तु को असद् वस्तु की उपमा देना। (4) AUPAMYA SAMKHYA ____492. (1) (Q.) What is this Aupamya samkhya (samkhya
determined through a metaphor) ? ____ (Ans.) Aupamya samkhya (samkhya determined through a metaphor) is of four kinds—(1) To give analogy of a sat (existent)
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