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Prameya
Niksepa
The deposition of the power of expressing the specific meaning in words through the strength of
qualifying adjuncts. Paryāyārthika Naya -Standpoint quâ mode- The Naya
(standpoint) which takes cognizance only of Bheda (difference). (Cognizable) Object of Pramāṇ- A limb of logic (nyāya); that vastu Which is anekāntātmaka-that which is possessed of mutually opposite
attributes. Pramāņa
Valid organ of knowledge – A limb of logic (nyāya); that valid cognition, which is without doubt and
contradiction. Pudgalāstikāya- That Astikāya (extended
substance) in the form of Pudgala (physical substance)- The totality of all Paramānụs(the ultimate atoms) and Skandhas (the material aggregates ) made up of
Paramānus Ķjusūtra Naya- Straight and direct approach - A
type of Naya (non-absolutistic
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