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Verse 16
सद्दो बंधो सुहुमो थूलो संठाणभेदतमछाया । उज्जोदादवसहिया पुग्गलदव्वस्स पज्जाया ॥
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गाथा भावार्थ - शब्द, बन्ध, सूक्ष्म, स्थूल, संस्थान, भेद, तम, छाया, उद्योत और आतप – ये सब पुद्गल द्रव्य की पर्यायें हैं।
16. Sound, union, minuteness (fineness), grossness, form (shape), division, darkness, image (shadow etc.), cool light (moonlight), and warm light (sunshine), are the modes of matter.
EXPLANATORY NOTES
Ācārya Umasvami’s Tattvārthasūtra
शब्दबन्धसौक्ष्म्यस्थौल्यसंस्थानभेदतमश्छायाऽऽतपोद्योतवन्तश्च ॥
(5-24) Sound, union, fineness, grossness, shape, division, darkness, image, warm light (sunshine), and cool light (moonlight) also (are forms of matter).
Ācārya Pujyapada’s Sarvārthasiddhi Sound is of two kinds. One partakes of the nature of languages and the other is different from it. The first again is of two kinds, sounds which are expressed (indicated) by letters, and sounds which are not expressed by letters?. Languages having scripts are rich in literature. The well-developed languages
1 i.e. languages with scripts and languages without scripts.
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