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SUTRA 12.
न हि अणोः अल्पीयान् अन्यः अस्ति । 198
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There is nothing smaller than an anu. It is for this reason that the space occupied by an anu is called the pradesa or a space-point.
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SUTRA 12. लोकाकाशेऽवगाहः ॥ १२ ॥
LOKĀKĀŚEVAGĀHAH [12]
( धर्मादीनाम् द्रव्याणाम् लोकाकाशे अवगाहः । )
(These substances dharma, adharma, jiva, ajiva, etc., exist only in lokākāśa.)
धम्माधम्मा कालो पुग्गलजीवा य संति जावदिये । आयासे सो लोगो तत्तो परदो अलोगुत्ति ।।
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(Lokakaśa is that in which dharma, adharma, kāla, pudgala and jiva exist. That which is beyond this is alok ākāśa).
सव्वेसिं जीवाणं सेसाणं तह य पुग्गलाणं च । जे देदि विवरमखिलं तं लोए हवदि आयासं 11
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(That which accommodates all matter, the souls and the remaining substances is the lokākāśa). Also in a Svetambara sutra we have:
धम्मो अहम्मो आगासं कालो पुग्गलजन्तवो ।
एस लोगो ति पन्नत्तो जिणेहि वरदंसिहि ।। 201
This division of infinite space into lokākāśa and alokākāśa, i.e., Universe and Non-universe is based on the dravyas - dharma and adharma. Souls and matter move on and rest up to the confines of the Universe only. Beyond this the media of motion and rest are absent. This determines the limit of the finite
198. Sarvārtha-siddhi on sutra 11.
199. Dravya-samgraha, 20.
200. Pancāstikāya sāra, 97.
201. Uttaradhyayana sutra, 28.7.
