Concept of Paryaya in Jain Philosophy

Author(s): S R Bhatt, Jitendra B Shah
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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Concept of Paryaya in Jain Philosophy 1. Anantabhaga - vyddhi 2. Asamkhyat-bhaga - vrddhi 3. Samkhyata-bhaga - vIddhi 4. Samkhyata-guna - veddhi 5. Asamkhyata-guna -- vrddhi 6. Ananta-guna - vyddhi 7. Ananta-bhaga-hani 8. Asamkhyata-bhaga - hani 9. Samkhyata-bhaga - hani 10. Samkhyata-guna - hani 11. Asamkhyata-guna - hani 12. Ananta-guna-hani The svabhavika changes are perceptible only through extrasensory consciousness. Such change takes place continuously in all dravyas. On the other hand, the vaibhavika change takes only in the embodied jives and the pudgala (physical substance). When the question was asked - 'Is the jiva eternal or noninternal ?', the answer to it was given through anekanta (non-absolutistic) drsti (view) as follows: The structure of dravya is two fold - 1. Dravya rasi or pradesa-rasi (the total number of pradesas i.e., the ultimate units) 2. bhava (state or paryaya (mode). The dravya-rasi or the pradesa-rasi of a dravya is always constant - not a single pradesa or a paramanu from the total number either increases or decreases. Whatever amount was there in the past remains in the present and will remain in the future - not a single unit can be added to it nor a single unit can be subtracted from it. With respect to this 'pradesarasi', the jiva is eternal. At the same time, every dravya undergoes transformation or change in its bhava; with respect to this, it is noneternal.