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INTRODUCTION
Evambhuta there are only six independent Nayas and the range of Dravyāstika is upto Vyavahāra only. All other Nayas beginning from Rjusutra come under the catagory. of Paryāyāstika Naya. It is not definitely known whether this view of six Nayas was ever advocated by .anybody before Siddhasena. Perhaps because of the absence of any advocate of this view before, Siddhasena is mentioned as the well-known advocate of six Nayas. The litnited range given to Dravyāstikanaya upto Vyavahăranaya only has been accepted in later literature and this view has occupied a place of eminence. For even Jinabhadra Kşamāśramaņa, the reputed opponent of Siddhasena, bas accepted this limitation in his Bbāşya along with the limitation mentioned by the ancient authors, In the literature of Digambaras, we find the limitation, stated by Siddhasena, whole-heartedly accepted, It should be noted that this limitation is not found in the Digambara literature preceding Siddhasena but is found in such authors as Vidyānanda? and Māņikyanandia who lived after Siddhasena and who must be regarded as close students of the works of Siddhasena. In the discussion of Nayas, Siddhasena has mainly referred to four points : (1) the relation between the two original views (2) analysis of the definition of the fundamental elements according to these two views, and showing that the definition is perfect only when looked at from the stand-point of these two views ; (3) if only one of
1 See Tattvārtha Sloka-Vartika-discussion on Naya. 2 See Paríksāmukha.
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