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Reality or Entity. Take the view of universality as advanced by Dravyāstika or take the view of particularization as held by Paryāyāstika. Not one of them separately can give all the characteristics of an object in its integral whole. Both the general and the particular aspects of a thing, if combined, can give the integral conception of a thing. To presume, therefore, that one only out of these two Nayas can give a perfect definition of a thing as a whole is wrong. 13
The following verse explains as to how and when both the Nayas can be regarded. as right :ण य तइयो अत्थि णो ण य सम्मत्तं ण तेसु पडिपुराणं । जेण दुवे एगन्ता विभजमाणा अणेगन्तो ॥ १४ ॥
There is no third Naya. Moreover, it can not be said that truth cannot be adequately expressed by these two Nayas ; for if we combine both these standpoints in their particular aspects we can certainly arrive at the truth by the method of Anekānta (The Versatility of Aspects).
An Entity is composed of both the general and the particolar aspect. If, therefore, there be a Naya which takes cognizance of both theso aspects of a thing, it must be said to be the right view of a thing. But such a Naya
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