Agam 15 Upang 04 Pragnapana Sutra Part 02

Author(s): Shyamacharya, Punyavijay, Dalsukh Malvania, Amrutlal Bhojak
Publisher: Mahavir Jain Vidyalay

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Asankhya (439)
Ananta Asankhya
Jiva 12. Prthvikāyika 13. Apkāyika 14. Tejahkāyika 15. Váyukāyika 16. Vanaspati 17. Dvindriya 18. Trindriya 19. Caturindriya 20. Pañcendriya-tiryanca 21. Manusya 22. Vyantara 23. Jyotiska 24. Vaimanika 25. Siddha
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Ananta
Classes and Modes of Non-living Substance Those very classes of Non-living substance that are mentioned in Pada I (4-6) are found here in this Pada V too. The only difference is that in Pada I they are given the name 'prajñapana' whereas in Pada V they are given the name 'paryaya' (500-502). In Pada I we have already met with the description of pudgala (Matter) which undergoes various modifications. This pudgala is a nonliving substance. It is called rupi because it is this non-living substance that has physical qualities, viz. colour etc. This Pada V considers the question of the total number of modes (paryayas) of all the classes of pudgala taken together. And the answer given is that it is ananta (503). There are four classes of matter, viz. paramāņu (atom), skandha (aggregate of atoms), skandhadeśa (part of an aggregate) and skandha-pradeśa (space-point of an aggregate). But in the discussion mainly the first two are taken into account, the last two being really included in the class skandha itself. Atom is different from aggregate because the latter is formed when many atoms get chemically combined. Thus really speaking there are two main classes of matter. First the number of modes of all the classes taken together is given and it is ananta (503). Then the modes of the class of atoms are said to be ananta (504). Afterwards we are told that modes of each of the secondary classes of aggregates of 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 or 8 or 9 or 10 or saṁkhyāta or asamkhyāta or ananta atoms are ananta.
Like modes of the classes of living beings, modes of all these classes are considered from the standpoints of dravya, kşetra, kāla and bhāva. The noteworthy thing about atoms is that any two discrete atoms occupy the same extent of space (504) but they possess different durations. In other words, though any two discrete atoms P.19