________________ Notes 61 gories. fear means steri.e. an atom' and orta collection. Hence sufry means that matter, or category which is a collection of many atoms. These Astikagas are five in number viz. (1) Tait Fairt. It is thus explained : " 15 TARTSIT THAT". Thus Dharmastikaya helps the 'jiva' and 'pudgala' (matter) in making movements. Just as a fish has got in itself the capacity of swimming, but it can do so only with the help of water; or just as the eye has got in itself the power of vision, but it cannot see without the help of light; or just as a bird has got in itself the capacity to fly, but it cannot do so without the help of air; in the same way th@ 'jiva' and the 'pudgala' have got in themselves the capacity to move, but they cannot do so without the help of that matter or et known as 'Dharmastikaya' (2) TAR: fety. It is explained thus: "POT CEGTUTT FAT T" ( ASTUT here means Fahre). Just as the Dharmastikaya helps the 'jival and the "pud. gala ' in making movements, in the same way Adharmastikaya helps them in stopping movements i. e. it helps them in taking resi. Just as a traveller takes rost under a tree, or a fish on an island, in the same way on Adharmastikaya rest the 'jiva' and the 'pudgala. Thus it o the hommove, got in
