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others, has fixed the comotation of Paryaya and has explained that word, it must be said that the real thing is Paryaya that is to say Guņas are not different from Paryayas.
(12) Paryayas are those that subject a thing to various transformations and Guņas are those that make a thing assume various forms. Both these words are synonyms but the words are not interchangeable for the word Paryaya is propagated by Lord Mahavira, but He has not used the word Guṇastika.
(13) Some say that in Agamas the transformation of colour is mentioned as onefold (Eka-guna) black, tenfold black, infinitefold black. It is therefore clear that there is a difference between Guņa and Paryaya.
(14) To this the author replies:- -The word Guṇa when applied with reference to colour as well as the degree of colour is used to show the number of peculiar transformations. It does not signify, Guṇastika. Here the word Guna is purely numerical and nothing else.
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