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समवाय samavāya

Inherence: in Vaisheshika, the inseparable relation binding a quality to its substance, or a whole to its parts.

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  • What is Vaisheshika? Philosophy

    And the sixth, samavaya , inherence, is the intimate, permanent relation that binds the other categories into single things — that ties a quality to its substance, a whole to its parts, a universal to the indiv…

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