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under certain conditions of substance, space, time, etc."
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Now we will examine the third point in which they are said to resemble, namely that they both distinguish 'gunas' (quality) from 'dravya' (substance). We will see that this seeming resemblance between Jainism and Vaiseshika instead of proving the late origin of Jainism goes to prove its early origin. In Jainism we find that this difference between Quality' and 'Substance is not clearly or consistently observed. Things which are at present recognised as qualities. are constantly mistaken and mixed up with substances, as pointed out by Jacobi. This shows that the categories of qualities and substances were in the beginning of Jainism but dimly conceived, and the first just evolving from the second. In the Vaiseshika philosophy, on the contrary, the categories of quality and substance have been clearly distinguished from each other; the two terms being regarded correlative-substance
Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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