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________________ Jain Murascology into English. 249 From both the dravya and paryaya point of view it may be defined as that " in which there are origination, destruction and permanence " i. e. the origination of a new paryaya, the destruction of the old paryaya, and the permanence of the dravya, The draryas are six in number; viz dharmastikaya, adharmastikaya, akashastikaya, pudgalastikaya, jiva. stikaya and kala, A particular drarya is that which has an infinite number of samanya and Vishesha svabhavas i. e. general and particular natures; also that which per: forms a special action. Druryatvar a-The fact of its being a dravya ( -tra means-ness ). As a Samanya srabhara ( general · nature ) it means the fact of all the dravyas per forming their special specific functions. · Distinction-means that it is separable only in thought. Difference-means a real difference in actual fact. There is only a distinction and not a real difference between • guna and paryaya. Dharmastikaya Taifta py—that drarya (substance) which is the hetu (ic-accompanying cause ) of the motion; of moving things and beings; the fulcrum of motion; ( a fine ether ? ) Devardahi Gani_argnot--the redactor of the sacred canon. Guna-10-Quality, it is constant i. e. unchanging. ( the use of the Sanskrit word 'guna' is preferable, as the English word ' quality' has connotations which the word guna has not. ) It is the modality. Hetu— - the accompanying cause, wiihout which you can. not do. Is- the word sometimes means ' exists; ' sometimes it is merely a copula asserting that the predicate is compatible with the subject of the proposition. Jivastikaya-siratreata-that dravya (substance) the characteri stic of which is chetana (arat knowledge;) soul.
SR No.536509
Book TitleJain Shwetambar Conference Herald 1913 Book 09
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorMohanlal Dalichand Desai
PublisherJain Shwetambar Conference
Publication Year1913
Total Pages420
LanguageGujarati
ClassificationMagazine, India_Jain Shwetambar Conference Herald, & India
File Size12 MB
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