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________________ PREDICAMENTS. dications. as and included among the fundamental pradicaments or categories for convenience. We call it substance or reality by Sat and its which we mean that it is Sat i. e., it has tripartite inan independent existence of its own for its characteristic indication ( haçalaaTÆ ). Sat is, again, defined as what persists in and through its own qualities and modifications ( atefa antara JUTTATĘ 29tfa ). It (Sat) is further characterised as standing under, supporting and holding together as well, the attributes or qualities (Tu) and modifications (aftTu) revealed in the forms of origination or effects (scie), and destruction disintegration-(az) in and through which the substance asserts and maintains its own existence and continuance (fta ) as perceived during the course of its interaction with other things (32917-224-sataya ad). Thus the characteristic indication of Definiti on Substance being as such, we may define (ij Substance it as the underlying entity (za) which itself, remaining essentially the same in and through all its modes of being, gives support and connection to all its qualities, modalities and the like. of 23
SR No.007304
Book TitleEpitome of Jainism
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
Author
PublisherZZZ Unknown
Publication Year
Total Pages860
LanguageEnglish
ClassificationBook_English
File Size53 MB
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