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दव्वट्टियनयपयडी सुद्धा संगहपरूवणाविसओ'. पडिरूवे पुण वयणत्थनिच्छो तस्स ववहारो॥४॥
The fundamental nature of Dravyāstika in its extreme form is what is called Sangraha Naya and limited generalizations as regards particular things come under the head of Vyavahāra Naya.
Two things are stated here :-(i) Subdivisions of Dravyāstika Naya and (ii) their mutual relation.
Keeping aside Naigama Naya, out of the remaining six Nayas the first two Nayas viz -Sangraba and Vyavahāra are the subdivisions of Dravyāstika Naya.
The world is neither composed of disconnected things without any underlyin: nnity, like the parts of broken chain, nor composed of one single whole without any difference or dualism whatsoever. But we see it has both the elements of unity and difference. When we look at this world from the standpoint of unity, keeping aside mutual differences of things, it appears as merely an existence. How so ever comprehensive or broad the standpoint of oneness of this world may be, our daily life entirely depends for its everyday dealing upon the standpoint of difference in onr everyday dealing we are naturally inclined towards the standpoint of differ
1 Compare Visesăvasyaka-bhāsya : Gātha 75 with this and. the next two verses.
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