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Every technical term used in this portal, with a short gloss, a longer note, and the chapters where it matters.
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- Nayaनय
- A viewpoint — partial, purpose-relative apprehension.
- Five in the sūtra (naigama, saṅgraha, vyavahāra, ṛjusūtra, śabda), seven in later tradition. A naya asserted as the whole truth becomes nayābhāsa, a fallacy.
- Chapter 1