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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