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CHAPTER I
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तित्थयरवयणसंगह-विसेसपत्थारमूलवागरणी। दव्वढिओ य पज्जवणो य सेसा वियप्पा सिं ॥ ३ ॥
The Noumenal (Dravyārthika) and the Phenomenal (Paryāyarthika) i.e. the analytical methods of inquiry, are the two fundamental methods (the two Nayas) that cover the general and the particular view.points of things as stated by Tīrthankaras. All other analytical methods of inquiry fall under these two heads only.
Three things are suggested here :-(i) The principal subject of this work (ii) the inclusion of other kinds of Naya in these two main Nayas and (iii) the characteristic of the principal Nayas. Many are the things discussed here and there in the present work but they are 80 discussed only incidentally. The subject that is primarily treated here is the view or doctrine of the Versatility of Aspects (Anekānta). A clear exposition of this doctrine of Anekānta is possible only by the statement of Nayas. There are many kinds of Nayas but all of them can be included under the two Nayas-Dravyāstika and Paryāyāstika. These two Nayas are the principal Nayas.
Dravyästika is the view of looking at the identity of things while Paryāyāstika is the view which looks at the difference of things. Man thinks or speaks of
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