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Parinama in Tarka-period
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by the process of Pariņāma. Here too, Pariņāma has the same meaning as given by Yaska.
The Jain assumes five or six ultimate entities - Dravyas. All these have their Paryāyas through Pariņāma. Thus, in Jain philosophy, Pariņāma is a universal principle, applying to the whole of reality.