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154 : Scientific Contents in Präkṛta Canons
dant souls. Nobody knows who postulated this independant soul doctrine but it has stayed since long and has been able to subdue the non-living elemental doctrine and most probably merge it in itself32.
Table 7: Division of Realities by Jainas.
Reality
Ethics based
Canonical 9-11
Living
Non-living
Influx
Bondage
Stoppage
Shredding
Salvation
Experiencing
Substratum
Weal
Woe
Umāsvāti 7
Living
Non-living (i) Living
Influx
Bondage
Stoppage
Shredding
Salvation
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World-based
Non-living
Non-material
(ii) Medium of rest
(iii) Medium of Motion
(iv) Medium of accomodation (v) Medium of change (Time) (vi) Mattergy (Pudgala )
Material
One point must be mentioned here with respect to table 7. Though the table indicates the names of ethics based realities in a comparative way, but it is observed that the order of naming them is different in canons and Tattvartha-sūtra. The descriptions of Kundakunda and Sthānanga are similar where the reality of bondage is at eighth position in both and precedes salvation. Uttarādhyayana and Aupapātika have the bondage in the third place while Umãsväti puts it in the fourth place. No commentator has dealt with this difference of order. Possibly the canonical order was influenced by Bhagavadgitā advocating human mind as the cause for bondage and salvation. However, the order of Umāsvāti sounds more logical and psychologically convincing33.
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