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CHAPTER V
THE CATEGORY OF THE NON-LIVING
The substance of soul (jiva), one of the subjects of right faith, has been explained. Now, we have to investigate the substance of non-soul (the non-living or ajivas). The names and the categories (divisions) of the non-soul are mentioned. asfaları anfanfaarigeer:
Ajivakaya dharmādharmākāśapudgalāḥ
1. The non-soul substances (bodies) are the medium of motion, the medium of rest, space and matter.
The term 'kaya' is derived from 'body'. Here it is applied on the basis of analogy. The non-soul substances are called bodies on the analogy of the body of a living being. In what respect is there analogy? Just as the body is a conglomeration of matter, so also there is manifoldness of space-points in the medium of motion etc. Hence these substances also are called bodies. Ajīvāśca (the non-soul substances) and te kāyāśca (bodies) form ajivakäyäḥ (the non-soul bodies). This is a compound formed of an adjective and a noun. It is argued that this type of compound has reference only to things which are discordant, such as nila and utpala in nilotpala (the blue lotus). The reply is that herein also there is discordance or irregularity. For the word 'non-soul' applies to time also which is not a multitude, and the word 'body' refers to the soul also. What is the purpose of the word 'body'? The word 'body' is intended to indicate a multitude of spacepoints. The space-points of the medium of motion are a multitude. The multitude of space-points is indicated in sutra 8, which says that there are innumerable space-points in the medium of motion, the medium of rest and in a single soul. Why, then, should the word 'body' be included here to indicate the multitude of space-points? Here it is indicated in general. On the basis of this, it is determined
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