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Notes Bk. I
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eye is a non-touching organ, which performs its function from a distance, not by any direct touch or contact. The collyrium applied to the eye is not visible to the eye, though it is at the very periphery of it.
133. Of the four words, viz., obhasei, ujjoei tavei and pa. bhäsei, the first should apply to the opening rays of the morning sun which just removes darkness, the second to dawn when bigger objects become visible, the third to the late hours in the morning when the sun becomes hot and the fourth to the mid-day sun which burns with its scorching rays.
134. The answer that 'touching is touched' is consistent with ‘moving is moved' in Q./A. 1.
135. Space with motion, rest, soul and matter makes the loka; when these four are absent, it is aloka. Even time is relevant of loka, not aloka. In all the six directions where loka ends, aloka begins. Therefore, in all the six directions, the two touch each other.
136. Seas and islands here need be taken as per the Jaina view of geography. Thus the limit of Jambudvīpa touches the Salt sea, as the limit of the Salt sea touches Jambudvipa.
137. Six directions are : front, rear, left, right, up, below.
138. When the order is regular, like 1, 2, 3, 4, it is āņupuvvi ; when it is reversed, like 4, 3, 2, 1, it becomes pacchânupuvvi ; when there is no order at all, it is anänupuvvi,
139. Consideration in Q./A. 206 till 210 is about kriyā or activities. Anything done is activity and activity leads to karma. Its characteristics are :
it is done, not undone ; it is done by self, not done by another, nor by
self and another ; it is done according to order, not without order.
