________________
II 10
(a tthikā y a) with special reference to jīva and next to none to poggala :
a Each of the five fundamental entities--viz Motion (dhamma), Rest (adhamma), Space (āgāsa), Soul (jīva) and Matter (poggala) --is [1] devoid of sensorial properties (colourless etc.) except Matter which may have five colours, two smells, five tastes and eight tactile properties; [2] devoid of form (arūva) except Matter which possesses form (rūvi); [3] inanimate (ajīva) except Soul which possesses life; 4) unique of its kind (davvao ... ege davve) except Soul and Matter which are infinite in number; [5] occupying only the world except Space which also occupies the non-world; [6] eternal. As to their essential properties (gunao), they resp. make possible mobility (gamana), immobility (thāna), location (avagāhaņā), the spiritual function (uvaoga) and appropriation (gahana).
b (148a) Each fundamental entity is the sum total of its į (co in the case of Space) number of units (paesa); simile: in the same way a wheel, a parasol etc. (eight items) part of which is missing (according to the niscaya-naya, not the vyavahāra-naya, that means theoretically, not practically, Abhay.) is not a wheel etc.
< (1492) The characteristic (lakkhaņa) of Soul is the spiritual function (uvaoga). By its own nature (āya-bhāveņam) Soul as a matter of fact possesses will (is sautthāņa etc., see I 36) which enables it to apply this spiritual function in the infinite number of possibilities (pajjava) of cognition-viz in the domains of the five knowledges, the three non-knowledges and the three visions (damsaņa)--thus revealing the true nature of Soul (jīra-bhāva).
d (149b) The space of the world (log’āgāsa) consists of souls and inanimate matters and parts (desa) and units (paesa) of such. These souls possess one up to five senses or no senses (aņindiya - siddha). The inanimate matters either have a form (rūvi) in which case they are aggregates (khandha), parts or units of such, or atoms (paramânupoggala), or they are formless (arūvi) in which case they are five in number, viz Motion, Rest, units of these two and Time (addhā-samaya).
94
Jain Education International
For Private & Personal Use Only
www.jainelibrary.org
