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A discussion is introduced as to whether the subject on the province of each Nayas is fundamentally different from that of the other Nayas. Distribution of Nayas amongst various statements.
पज्जवणिस्सामएणं वयणं दव्वट्ठियस्स 'अत्थि' ति। अवसेसो वयणविही पज्जवभयणा सपडिवक्खो ॥७॥
Dravyāstika Naya in its pure form is only concerned with the simple statement “ It is ' that is to say when the thing is inentioned divested of all its particular attributes or modifications. All other statements deal, in one way or the other, with some attribute or the other and as such is the subject of both the Dravyāstika and Paryāyāstika.
Hitherto all the statements about a particular thing in popular or scientific parlance were divided under the two groups viz. Sangraha and Visesa. Now the author goes deeper into the things and explicitly says as to what kind of statement can definitely fall under Dravyāstika and what statement can be the legitimate province of Parya yāstika. That ultimate reality, which is one single whole, and in which there is no division or limitation or attribute of any kind whatsoever, is the highest or the widest generality or universal principle. Thus Sāmānya
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