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: 46: Jinabhadra Gani's
[The first as the synonyms of the former, viz., ghata, kuța, kumbha, and kalaśa differ from those of the latter, viz., nabhas, yyorman, antariksa, ākāśa, and the like. In the pertinent case, the synonyms of jiva are jantu, asumat, prāņin, sattva, bhūta, etc., and these are by no means the same as śarira, vapus, kāya, kalèvara, etc., the synonyms of deha. If this difference in synonyms is neglected, anything will be identical with anything else, and this is certainly undesirable.
Now "dona dvayam anuprayujyamāno drstan". Herein, there is an upacara (metaphorical application) of jiva to the body, as it is with the help of the body that the soul walks eto.
Moreover, we do hear. “gataḥ sa jivah; dahyatām idam sariram", i e., the soul bas departed, and let this body be burnt.
Furthermore, the soul has an attribute like knowledge, whoreas the body is jada and has no knowledge. So, how can we equate the body with the soul ?
The reasons why the body is not the same as the soul, have been already mentioned while concluding the commentary on verse 1562.
जीवो स्थि वओ सच्चं मव्वयणाओऽवसेसवयणं व। सवण्णुवयणओ वा अणुमयसव्वण्णुवयणं व ॥२९॥ (१५७७) Sivo tthi vaö saccam mavvayaņāö'vasèsavayaņam va I Savvannuvayaņaö vă anumayasavvayaņam va. 29 (1577)
[जीवोऽस्ति वचः सत्यं मद्वचनादवशेषवचनमिव ।
सर्वज्ञवचनतो वाऽनुमतसर्वज्ञवचनमिव ।। २९ ॥ (१५७७) Jivo'sti vacaḥ satyam madvacanādavasèşayacanam iva i Sarvajñavacanato va’numatasarvajšavacanam iva. 29 (1577) ]
Trans.-29. Like my other statement, (e. g., one pertaining to your doubt ), the statement (of mine) that the soul
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