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The Jaina world of Non-living
serve the function of accommodating other realities. The imaginary fire cannot cook foods or dry clothes as in dreams. The space can also not be componentless, as it has different modes of origination and destruction. 8. The Jainas prove the compositeness of space etc. by the following inference :
"The space etc. are composite in some respects as they have conjunctions and disjunctions with many atoms like aggregates of fabric and pitcher."
If this is not accepted, either the space etc. will be atomic in nature or they will be many like atoms. Moreover, if space is taken as componentless, there could be no activities of any entity in it. Where will they move when there is only a mono-spacepointal space? 9. The spacepointal infiniteness of space can be proved by the following inference :
"The space has infinite spacepoints as it has no border outside the cosmic space like atom as a negative illustration."
This infiniteness of space is also perceived by the omniscients and canons due to them which also state this fact.
The JSD has two statements in this regard in their aphorisms
10. 1.25-26:
(i) The cosmic space has innumerable spacepoints.
(ii) The non-cosmic space has infinite spacepoints.
Umāsvāti includes both these postulates in his aphorism 5.9. In fact, the innumerable is included in the infinity.
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The aphorisms 5.8 and 5.9 conclude the spacepoints of all the four non-mattergic realities.
The earlier aphorisms have indicated about spacepoints of nonmattergic realities. The next aphorism is intended for numeration of spacepoints of material mattergic realities :
Sankhyeya-asankyeyāśca Pudgālānām 5.10
The mattergic realities have numerable, innumerable and infinite spacepoints. 5.10.
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