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AN EXPLANATION OF THE PICTURE RELATING
TO THE AJIVA TATVAS
AJIVA TATVAS ARE OF FIVE KINDS PUDGALASTIKAY : (Column I and II)
The body that assumes shape through a jiva, (a conscious being). The examples found in the picture are wood, stone, precious stones, clay, iron implements, a built house, a dead body, clothes, — these are the ajivas belonging to the group called Pudgalasthikay. AKASHASTIKAY : (Column III)
The Akash (space) which pervades the fourteen Rajalokas is called the Lokakash. The sky that is beyond the lokas is called Alokakash. These two constitute the Akashastikay.
DHARMASTIKAY: (Column IV. below)
This is present in the 14 Rajalokas and helps the movement of the jivas (the conscious beings) and the pudgals (substances), just as water helps fish to move.
ADHARMASTIKAY : (Column IV above)
It is present in all the 14 Rajalokas and helps the existence and stability of jivas and pudgals just as a stick helps an old man to stand.
KALA DRAVYA (TIME) : (Column IV above)
This is measured with reference to the position of the sun. It makes the jivas children, young people or old people and renders substances new or old.
For a detailed discussion of these points please refer to section 8.
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