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2448. ) Nyaya-Kusumīnjali is as an adjective so do other attributes give information about the jar. Hence from the stand-point of Upakara, the attributes are considered non-distinct.
( 6 ) It is not that the attribute existence is to be found in one portion of the jar and the remaining attributes in some other portion. On the contrary all the attributes are found in one and the same portion of the jar. It is not that different portions are allotted to different attributes. Hence, from the consideration of Guni-des'a the attributes are looked upon as non-distinct.
(7) Just as the jar is the abode of the attribute existence, so it is for other attributes; that is to say, the abode of all the attributes is one and the same substance, viz., the jar. From this stand-point, viz., of Artha, it can be seen that the attributes are nondistinct.
( 8 ) Tho word that gives us the idea of existence throws light upon other attributes, also. Hence, as the same word expresses all the attributes it may be said that from the stand point of Sabda the attributes are non-distinct.
We shall now consider how the attributes of an object can be looked upon as distinct from the standpoints of Kala, eto,
(1) According to the Puryayarthika Naya, Paryayas go on changing every moment. Thus as the substance goes on changing every moment, it is not possible to say that contradictory attributes
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