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Tatvartha Sutram
Note 1
Dravyarthiba or Samanya, substantial, Utsarga, Anuyvritti, Telating to the substance Its sub-lands are - 1 Nargama, Figurative, Not literal Taking something
for granted Spealang of a past or future event as a present one Speaking of a thing in hand, as a completed fact It is of 3 kinds relating to past, present and future eg, saying on Divalı day "Lord Mahavira attained liberation to-day" The present is used figuratively of the past Similarly for future or present A man 16 going to book his passage, to Australia, and being asked where he is going, he says "To Australia" or when the cook is lighting fire and some one asks her what she is doing, she may answer, "I am cooking", although she is only preparing to
cook 2 Sangraha, General or Common A class as a whole
A class of things, denoted by the same word As
Dravya applied to siz dravyas, man, tiger etc 3 Vyavahara, Distributive To divide or separate a
general term into its classes, orders, lands and species Dravya Tis distributed into six dravyas, souls into
mundane and liberated Paryayartnika or Visesa, Apavada Vyavı itt: Model, relating to the modification of substances This is
Note II
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Rzgu Sutra, 1 e, the actual condition at (1) A particular instant and (2) for a long time They are called subshma fine and sthula gross respectively, eg, a soul with a good thought for an instant, or a man with human condition for a life time
Sabda, Descriptive This includes grammatical correctness and propriety of expression From this point of view we can use the present for the past tense, plural for the singular number, feminine for the masculine gender, etc At the use of the present tense in describing the events which happened in the past, eg In 1065 A D We see the Normans attack The Anglo Saxons or conquer their country, or the common use of "you" for one man, or a boat which is Eenerally called "she" to be named, Lord Nelson or