Cosmology Old and New

Author(s): G R Jain
Publisher: Bharatiya Gyanpith

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SUTRA 1 (Adharma)
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स्थितिपरिणामिनां जीवपुद्गलानां स्थित्युपग्रहे कर्त्तव्य अधर्मास्तिकायः । " (The principle which guarantees the permanance of world structure is called the adharma.)
From Dravya samgraha, we have-
ठाणजुदाण अधम्भो पुग्गलजीवाण ठाणसहयारी । छाया जह पहियाणं गच्छंता णेव सो धरई ।। 64
(Adharma dravya assists the staying of soul and matter which are stationary just as the shade of a tree helps the staying of the travellers. But adharma does not stay those which are moving.)
छायेव धर्मतप्तानाम् अश्वादीनामिव क्षितिः । द्रव्यानां पुद्गलादीनामधर्मः स्थितिकारणम् ।।
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(Adharma is the cause of rest of various substances just as the shade of a tree is the cause of staying of persons heated by solar rays or as the earth is the cause of staying of creatures like horses, etc.)
द्रव्याणां पुद्गलादीनामधर्मः स्थितिकारणम् । लोकेऽभिव्यापकत्वादिधर्मोऽधर्मोऽपि धर्मवत् ।। "
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(Adharma is the cause of rest of matter and other substances. Adharma, like dharma, pervades all universe ( lokākāśa) 7 and has other characteristics similar to dharma.)
निर्व्योमूर्तः क्रियाहीनश्लायेव पथिकांगिनाम् । 68
63. Sarvārtha-siddhi on Tattvārtha-sutra 5.17.
64. Dravya-samgraha, 18.
65. Dharma Sarmabhyudaya, 21.84.
66. Candraprabha-caritam, 18.71.
67. The Jaina thinkers have divided the universe into two parts, lokakasa and alokakasa. In the former the substances Dharma and Adharma permeate and hence in this region bodies move and come to rest; in the latter these media of motion and rest are absent; it is all pure infinite space beyond lokakasa.
The beautiful scientific exposition of these two regions is given later in this book.
This idea is expressed in the following gatha from Triloka sara :
धर्माधर्माकाशा गतिरागतिर्जीवपुद्गलयोश्च । यावत्तावल्लोक आकाशमतः परमनन्तम् ।।
68. Vardhaman purāna, 16:30.
(Sanskrit rendering of 5th gatha)