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六句义


The six categories (pada^rtha) of existence posited by the non-Buddhist Indian school, Vai/ses!ika 胜论宗. The six pada^rthas are (1) dravya (substance, matter) 实; (2) guna (quality, characteristic) 德; (3) karma (activity) 业; (4) sa^ma^nya (universality) 同; (5) vi/ses!a (distinctiveness) 异; (6) samavaya (inherence, concomitance, the relation between a whole and its parts, between substance and quality, between the general and the particular) 和合. The six pada^rthas are no mere concepts; rather they are real essences (artha) described by the corresponding word (pada). These are presented in the Vai/ses!ika-su^tra, which consists of ten adhya^yas (chapters).