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[29 First Proclamation Chapter] **Ākāśastikāya** - That which is space, is where the substances (pa = limit) are manifested in their luminous form without abandoning their own nature (pra); or that which is luminous and pervades all substances, is space. The meaning of Astikāya is the aggregate of regions. Ākāśarūpa Astikāya is called Ākāśastikāya. The meaning of the country and region of Ākāśastikāya is as before. Although Lokākāśa is of innumerable regions, Alokaākāśa is infinite. From this perspective, the regions of Ākāśastikāya are infinite. **Praddhāsamaya** - They say - time is **addhā** / Time in the form of addhā is Praddhāsamaya. Or the time of addhā (time) i.e. the indivisible part (portion) is called 'Praddhāsamaya'. From the ultimate perspective, there is only one time 'sat' in the present; there is no time in the past and future; because the times of the past have been destroyed and the times of the future have not yet been born / Therefore, the concept of an aggregate of countries and regions in time cannot be conceived. The concept of Pravālikā etc. in the form of an aggregate of innumerable times is only for practical purposes. **Explanation of Skandha etc.** According to the etymology of Skandha, the meaning of Skandha is - that which is a pudgala that is strengthened (increased) by the meeting of other pudgalas, and that which is diminished (decreased) by disintegration, removal or separation, is Skandha / The use of the plural in the word 'Skandha' is to indicate the infinity of pudgala-skandhas, because Skandhas are said to be infinite in the Praagamas / **Skandhadesa** - The intellectually conceived divisions (from two regions to infinite regions) of Skandhas that do not abandon the Skandharūpa parināma are called Skandhadesa. Here too, the use of the plural for Skandhadesa and in the infinite-infinite-region Skandhas, there can also be infinite Skandhadesa, this is to indicate that / **Skandha-pradesa** - The intellectually conceived excellent country of Skandhas, i.e. the indivisible part (atom) that has merged into Skandha, is called Skandhapradesa / **Paramanu** - Pudgala-nivibhāgadravya (such pudgaladravya which cannot be divided) is called the ultimate atom, Paramanu-pudgala. Paramanu are not merged into Skandha, they are independent pudgalas. 'The four Skandhas, country, region and paramanu-pudgala, which are the four forms of the non-living, are said to be five types each in brief / For example, those that are transformed into the form of colour are called Varṇaparṇata. Similarly, one should understand Gandhaparṇata, Rasaparṇata, Sparśaparṇata and Sansthāṇaparṇata / The word 'parṇata' is indicative of the past tense, but it is also true of the present and future by implication, because the past is not possible without the present and future. That which crosses the present becomes the past, and that which experiences the present is also the future, that which has attained the present is perceived, and that which will attain the present is the future / From this perspective, the meaning of Varṇaparṇata is - that which has been transformed into the form of colour, is being transformed, and will be transformed. Similarly, one should understand the trikālasūcak meaning of Gandhaparṇata etc. The distinction of Varṇaparṇata etc. pudgalas and their explanation - 5 types of Varṇaparṇata - those pudgalas that are transformed into the form of colour are of 5 types - (1) some are black like kajal etc., they are 1. Prajñāpanasūtra, Malaya. Vṛtti, page 8-9-10