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rent from and inferior to the paramarthika point of view This distinction between the Pâramârthika Naya and the Vyavahâra Naya, the two intellectual methods of approach towards the comprehension of reality, is adopted by the Jaina metaphysicians as a very important one Our author adopts these two methods throughout the work as the occasion demands Since Jaina metaphysics assumes the reality to be a complex entity it is bound to adopt both these points of view The ultimate reality must be subjected to an intellectual analysis and the constituent elements so obtained must be selected and emphasised according to the interest of the student and also consistent with the purpose of the discussion The Variations in the context and the intellectual aim will naturally determine the nature of the descriptions adopted with reference to the reality studied The method of selective description to suit the purpose of the context is the method adopted by the ordinary man who is engaged in his puisuit in life Since the method is determined by a purpose of practical interest, the investigation will be relevant only to that purpose and the conclusion obtained must be therefore partial since it is not concerned with other aspects of the reality which are Jeft out as of no concern, being irrelevant to the purpose on hand This process of investigation goes by the name of the Vyavahâra Naya or the practical point of view as contrasted with the other method, Pârâmârthika Naya The term Paramartha refers to the ultimate and implies a philosophical attempt to probe into the inner core of reality with the object of comprehending the intrinsic nature of reality, whole and complete It is also called Nischaya Naya, real point of view, since it is not concerned with the various aspects, partial and purposive, relevant only to the practical man and not to the philosopher This distinction between the paramrarthika view and the vyavahara View is also adopted by Sankara in his Bhashya on the Vedanta Sutrâs Since Sankara came several centuries after Kunda Kunda, since he was also of South India, probably he was acquainted with Kunda Kunda's writings and adopted the method of distinction between the practical and the real point of view as suitable to his own purpose Since our author has used the word anarya in the sense
