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Q. 36. Define Anti-Ether (Adharmastikaya).
That which is a passive cause in the state of rest (stationariness) of self stopping Jivas (Embodied Souls) and matter (atom or mole-cule) just after their motion is called Anti-Ether (Adharmastikaya). For example :- The Shadow of a tree is a passive cause for the traveller who wants
to take rest, Q. 37. Define Space substance (Akasha Dravya).
That which provides accommodation to all the other five substances, i.e., soul, matter, Ether, Anti-Ether and Time is called Space substance. The space is all pervasive, and it is found in whole of the cosmos.
(Here the readers should note that only (i) matter (Pudgal) is a material (rupi substance and rest of all five substances, i.e, soul, Ether, Anti-Ether, Time and Space are non-material (rupi) substances; (ii) Soul and matter substances are active and have movement, whereas the rest of the four substances, i.e. Ether, Anti-Ether, Space and Time are inactive and without
movement). Q. 38. How many divisions of space are there?
Space substance is only one substance and as such it is indivisible (Akhand). How
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