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The **Prajñāpanā Sūtra** has been explained from the perspectives of **kṣetra**, **kāla**, and **bhāva**, or the aforementioned ten viewpoints. Describing the **paryāyas** from the **paramāṇu** to the **ananta-pradeśī pūdgala-skandha**, the **śāstrakāra** states that the **loka-ākāśa** is **asan-khyāta-pradeśī**, yet even the **ananta-pradeśī skandha** can fit within one to countless **pradeśas**. This is explained through the analogy of a lamp. Similarly, the position of **skandhas** like the **paramāṇu** is not more than one to countless **kālas**. **Varṇa** and other **paryāyas** are also infinite. Subsequently, **paryāyas** are also considered from the perspective of three types: **jaghanya**, **utkṛṣṭa**, and **madhyama**, in terms of **sthiti**, **avagāhana**, and **varṇa**-based distinctions.
The difference from other **darśaniya** beliefs is that if a **dravya** has **paryāyas** (**pariṇāma**), then it should be considered **pariṇāma-nitya**, not **kūṭa-sthā-nitya**. **Paramāṇu-vādi** **Naiyāyika** and **Vaiśeṣika** consider the **paramāṇu** to be **kūṭa-sthā-nitya**, while **Jain** philosophy considers it **pariṇāma-nitya**.
Furthermore, **Jain** philosophy does not accept the absolute distinction of **avayava** and **avayavī** in **skandha** and **paramāṇu**, nor does it accept the distinction of **jāti** in **paramāṇu** as **pārthiva-paramāṇu**, etc. It considers the presence of all four - **rūpa**, **rasa**, etc. - in **paramāṇu** to be essential.
1. **Paṇṇavaṇā Sutta**, **Mū. Pā. Sū.** 500 to 558 and **Prajñāpanā. M. Vṛtti** **patraṅka** 242, 2. **Paṇṇavaṇā Sutta** **Bhā.** 2, **Pañcama-pada** **prastāvanā**, p. 67