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Dharma-matter and Adharma-matter is present in the entire universal space (Lokākāśa). Pudgala or tangible or concrete or material matter can occupy one or more space-units, alternatively, within the universal space. The living matter occupies an innumerably small part or more of the universal space. Because it can limit itself in a small space or expand to occupy a larger space, just as the light of a lamp can. (13-16)
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Abstract Kinds Of Matter
Gatisthityupagraho dharmādharmayorupakāraḥ ||17||| The functions of Dharmastikāya and Adharmastikāya are, respectively, to (neutrally) aid the motion and rest (of the living and the tangible matter). (17)
TATTVĀRTHA SŪTRA : INANIMATE MATTER : 77
Dharmādharmayoh krtsane || 13 || Ekapradeśadisu bhājyaḥ pudgalānāmi || 14 || Asankhyeyabhāgādisu jīvānāmi || 15 ||
Pradeśasanihāravisargābhyāmi pradīpavat || 16 |||
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Akāśasyāvagahaḥ || 18 ||
The function of the Akāśa-matter is to accommodate (all the other forms of matter) (18)
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Functions Of Tangible Matter –
Sarīravānmanaḥ prāṇāpānāḥ pudgalānāmi || 19 ||
Sukhaduḥkhajīvitamaraṇopagrahāśca || 20 ||
The functions of Pudgala or the tangible matter are – (to form the) body, (to articulate) speech, (to cognize with the) mind, vitality, respiration, (to experience) pleasure and pain, and (to undergo the process of bodily) birth and death. (19-20)
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