Gunavattva, Guṇavattva: 5 definitions
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Source: Shodhganga: A study of Nyāya-vaiśeṣika categories (vaisesika)Guṇavattva (गुणवत्त्व) refers to one of Kaṇāda’s definitions of Dravya (substance) in his Vaiśeṣikasūtra, 1.1.15.—The second definition Guṇavattva (i.e. guṇavattvaṃ dravyatvaṃ) is also non-pervasive to the substances in the first moment of production. Because it is qualityless at the first moment. It is postulated by the Nyāya-Vaiśeṣikas that at the moment of production of a substance, it remains qualityless. Qualities are produced at the next moment from the substances. If it is accepted that qualities arise at the same time with the substance, there will be no difference between them. Hence, it is said utpattikālīnāṃ dravyaṃkṣanamaguṇaṃ tiṣṭhati (i.e. substance remains without quality for one moment at the time of production).
Annaṃbhaṭṭa himself argues that guṇavattva cannot be a definition of substance, since it is non-pervasive to the substance at the time of production and to the substance which has been destroyed just after its production. He then proceeds to show that this contention is not tenable. Because the actual purport of the objective guṇavattva is not the ‘substratum of quality’. He says that guṇavattva implies a thing possessing an universal (jāti) other than sattā and is co-existent with a quality. This ultimately leads to the first definition of substance given by Annaṃbhaṭṭa, i.e., possessing dravyatvajāti.
Vaisheshika (वैशेषिक, vaiśeṣika) refers to a school of orthodox Hindu philosophy (astika), drawing its subject-matter from the Upanishads. Vaisheshika deals with subjects such as logic, epistemology, philosophy and expounds concepts similar to Buddhism in nature
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Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionaryGuṇavattva (गुणवत्त्व).—
1) The possession of good qualities; गुणवत्तापि परप्रयोजना (guṇavattāpi paraprayojanā) R.8.31.
2) Excellence, superiority.
Derivable forms: guṇavattvam (गुणवत्त्वम्).
See also (synonyms): guṇavattā.
Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English DictionaryGuṇavattva (गुणवत्त्व):—[=guṇa-vat-tva] [from guṇa-vat > guṇa] n. the state of possessing qualities, [Sāhitya-darpaṇa i, 2/3, 37 f.]
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Nyaya-Vaisheshika categories (Study) (by Diptimani Goswami)
The Nature of Substance (Dravya) < [Chapter 3 - Dravya (Substance)]
Padarthadharmasamgraha and Nyayakandali (by Ganganatha Jha)
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Text 114 < [Chapter 6a - On Qualities]
A History of Indian Philosophy Volume 3 (by Surendranath Dasgupta)
Part 14 - The Ontological categories of the Rāmānuja School according to Veṅkaṭanātha < [Chapter XX - Philosophy of the Rāmānuja School of Thought]