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Bhagavati Sutra
41. The minute part of a substance is called anu and when these aņus are combined inseparably, the substance constituted of them is called astikāya or extended substance by the Jainas. Jiva, pudgala, akāśa, dharma and adharma are astikāyas or extended substances because their minutest constituents are mixed up and inseparably combined with one another. Such is, however, not the case with kāla. Though there are kälānus or ultimate time units, each of these is separate.
42. Sum-total of innumerable pradeśas of dharmästikäya is dharmästikāya ;
Sum-total of innumerable pradeśas of adharmästikaya is adharmästikāya ;
Sum-total of innumerable pradeśas of akaśāstikāya is ākāśāstikāya ;
Sum-total of innumerable pradeśas of jivåstikaya is jīvāstikāya ;
Sum-total of innumerable pradeśas of pudgalästikaya is pudgalāstikāya.
43. The mention of endeavour, activity, etc., signifies that the word ‘soul as used here does not include "liberated souls', which have no endeavour, etc.
44. The Jaina classification of knowledge has been given earlier. They have corresponding ignorances, with the exception of the category “kevala', which takes no ignorance. (For details, note 12 in Book I )
45. Deśa is conceived as division unto units such as two, three and so on. Pradeśa is division into sub-units which are not divisible further.
46. A cluster of atoms is called skanda, which may be divided into deśa and pradeśa. Matter-particles which are not clusterised are called paramāņu.
