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being made of both these types of pradeśas, could be called 'caramānta-pradeśas' and 'acaramäntapradeśas.'
The roots of the crystallised Jaina doctrine of identity-cumdifference of parts and whole are obvious here.3
Relative Numerical Strength of Carama etc. The sūtras occurring in the beginning of the chapter (774-776) are devoted to the discussion on the features carama etc. in connection with Ratnaprabhā etc. After that in sūtras 777-780 is given the calculation of the relative numerical strength of those features carama etc. It is as follows: 1. About Ratnaprabha (a) From the standpoint of drarya (substance) (i) Acarama, being one in number, is the lowest in nume
rical strength (ii) Number of many caramas' is asamkhyāta times that
of (i) (iii) acarama (i) + many caramas' (ii) = somewhat more
than (viśeşadhika) that of (ii) (b) From the standpoint of pradeśas (parts)
(i) The number of caramäntapradeśas is the lowest. (ii) The number of acaramäntapradeśas is asamkhyāta
times that of (i) (iii) Caramäntapradeśas + acaramāntapradeśas = somewhat
more than (vićeşadhika) that of (ii) (c) From the standpoints of dravya and pradeśa taken together
(a) (i), (ii) and (iii) yielded by dravyarthika standpoint and (b) (i), (ii) and (iii) yielded by pradeśārthika standpoint are
here enumerated in the same order giving the serial number (i) to (vi). To link (iii) yielded by dravyārthika standpoint to (i) yielded by pradeśarthika standpoint we
are told that the latter is asamkhyāta times the former. 2-3. The above account of the relative numerical strength applies to each of the remaining six infernal regions, each of the celestial regions beginning with Saudharma, and isatprāgbhārā Earth. And even Loka which contains all these is not an exception because the space points of Loka are not more than asamkhyāta.
But the account differs in the case of Aloka because from the pradeśārthika standpoint it has ananta space points. Hence in its
3. Ibid, folio 229 B
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