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________________ Second Chapte souls must have Jwatva but alleged with Bhavyatva on Abha"cha", refers to those attribu vyatya. These 3 are peculiar to Jiva. tes which Jiva has in common with non-Jivas, as: af Astitva. Isness. 39 Drayatva. Being a substance, changeability. Pradeshatva. Capacity to occupy space; etc., etc. (see Chapter V, Sutra 2.) SUTRA 8 उपयोगो लक्षणम् ॥ ६ ॥ Upayoga lakshanam The Lakshna or differentia of soul (is) Upayoga, attention, consciousness, attentiveness. Lakshya is that of which the differentia is. लक्षण Lakshna 15: श्रात्मभूत Atambhuta, inseparable, and अनात्मभूत Anatmabhuta, separ able. As Jivatva is an inseparable but a celestial condition of existence is a separable quality of the soul SUTRA 9 # fafant socagia: 11 & 11 Sa dvidhostachaturbhedah, (Attention is of) 2 kinds which is subdivided into 8 and 4 kinds respectively Jnanapyoga-knowledge-attention. It is of 8 kinds, relating to 5 kinds of right and 3 kinds of wrong knowledge. Darshanopayoga, conation-attention. It is of 4 kinds relating to 4 kinds of conation, viz, Chakshu, Achakshu, Avadhi and Kevala, 1. e., ocular, non-ocular, visual and perfect, conation respectively), 3 Upayoga, is a modification of consciousness, which is an essential attribute of the soul. Thus attentiveness is a kind of consciousness, Consciousness is a characteristic of the knower, the soul, consciousness is not mere passive or potential knowledge, nor is it merely a capacity to know, It is active. It is related to the self It means that the soul is aware that it conates or knows something about itself or the non-self. Attentiveness is only the direction or tendency of consciousness to apprehend or comprehend a
SR No.011035
Book TitleTattvartha Sutram
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorJ L Jaini
PublisherChampat Rai Jain
Publication Year1956
Total Pages187
LanguageEnglish
ClassificationBook_English, Tattvartha Sutra, Tattvartha Sutra, & Tattvarth
File Size6 MB
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