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76143. ] Nyaya-Kusumānjali We do not mean to say that the number of souls is one but as we know that the souls in different bodies have the same fundamental characteristics we can make the above remark. This Naya contributes to economy of thought as it enables us to deal with a number of things as one.
( 3 ) Vyavahara, the practical.
Vyavahara means the statement made about an object from the conventional or popular stand-point. It rests on sense-perception of concrete present. It deals with the specific attributes of an object. Acco. rding to this Naya a wasp though having five sorts of colour is spoken of as having only one colour, the black one. It is conventional to state that a mountain burns. Really speaking, one ought to say that the substances on the mountain burn. But, in this Naya convention is allowed to play a leading part.
( 4 ) Rijusutra, the straight-forward.
Rijusutra takes into account only the modifications of an object and not the substratum of that object. Hence, according to this Naya, no object is eternal; for, every object is bound to undergo modifications and these modifications are liable to change. This Naya looks at an object as it is in the present mathematical moment. It is the extreme opposite of the Sangraha Naya in as much as it denies all continuity and identity. It is still narrower than the Vyavaharika present, for, acoording to the Vyavahara Naya, there is a tolerable duration for the present and the con22
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