• Yogyata (योग्यता) means suitability or aptitude. It is about the inherent capacity or fitness to undertake a task or path. Example: having the mental steadiness and discrimination needed to practice samyak darshan (right faith) shows yogyata.

• Patrata (पात्रता) means eligibility or deservedness. It is about being worthy or rightful to receive a particular status, vow, or opportunity, often after meeting certain ethical or behavioral criteria. Example: a seeker’s patrata for taking vows or for being a monk depends on following appropriate conduct and readiness.

In short, yogyata = basic capacity/ability; patrata = rightful eligibility based on merit and conduct. Both point to qualification, but one is about inherent fitness (yogyata) and the other about rightful eligibility or worthiness (patrata). There are no essential doctrinal differences between Digambar and Shvetambar on this basic distinction; both traditions use the terms with the same general sense, though exact applications may vary in different texts.