________________ Siri Sirivalakaha ___" नाणं च दसणं चेव, चरितं च तवो तहा। वीरियं उवओगो य, एयं जीअस्स लक्खणं // " "and in the streiar FLET of Shrimad Siddhasena Divakara, Verse 31, a jiva is thus defined: " प्रमाता स्वान्यनिर्भासी कर्ता भोक्ता निवृत्तिमान् / स्वसंवेदनसंसिद्धो जीवो क्षित्याद्यनात्मकः // " Somewhere else, it is thus defined :- . " यः कर्ता कर्मभेदानां, भोक्ता कर्मफलस्य च / / . संसर्ता परिनिर्वाता, स ह्यात्मा नान्यलक्षणः // " (For further details vide नवतत्त्वप्रकरण and जीव. विचारप्रकरण). दव्वछक्कं (Sk. द्रव्यपदकं ) -- The Six Dravyas or Padarthas', i. e. Categories or Predicaments. The five Astikayas together with the कालद्रव्य constitute what are known as the षड्द्रव्य (or the six kinds of matter in the universe). The five Astikayas are already explained above, but its remains to be explained. As it is quite evident, its yor or quality is to make a thing old or new. It is divided into three well-known main divisions viz. Past, Present and Future, or sometimes it is divided into जघन्य, मध्यम and उत्कृष्ट. It has also got many sub-divisions, which are briefly enumerated in the thirteenth verse of the नवतत्त्वप्रकरण which says :" समयावली मुहुत्ता, दीहा पक्खा य मास वरिसा य / भणिओ पलिया सागर, उस्लप्पिणिसप्पिणी कालो॥"
