ABSTRACT
Of particular note are the highlighted portions of the text, which precisely feature the tripartite pattern ‘P, non−P, P & non−P’. The examples given are the living element (jîva), the world (loka) and the existent (sat). This tripartite pattern is explicitly ascribed to certain Trairâœikas. And this ascription is not a coincidence, because they explicitly are said to derive their distinct name from the three figures of exposition which they subscribed to.
