This short treatise explains in detail the principle of Radical Pluralism
which asserts that the elements alone are realities while every combination
of them is a mere name covering a plurality of separate elements. The
principle has been elucidated by its contrast with Arambhavada which
maintains the reality of the whole as well as of the elements and with
Parinama-vada which ascribes absolute reality to the whole. The work is
divided into sixteen sections dealing with Skandhas, Ayatanas, Dhatus,
Elements of mind, Pratityasamutpada, Karma, Impermanence in Sankhya-Yoga,
Theory of Cognition, Pre-Buddhaic Buddhism etc. It has two appendices
dealing with