Dravya Sangraha

Author(s): Nemichandramuni
Publisher: Chandraprabha Digambar Jain Mandir Trust

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The Secred Book of the Jains
Padapatha-gu Puna, again. gori Puggala, Pudgala. PFAT Dhammo, Dharma. 7 Adhamma, Adharma, M A yasam, Akasa.
A Kalo, Kala (Time). Aftet Ajjivo, Ajiva. U Neyo, to be known. yw Puggala, Pudgala. Filmi Ruvadiguno, possessing the qualities, Riepu, ctc. Mutto, having form. Du, but. Sesa, the rest. Hyin Amutti, without forni.
13. Again, Ajivas should be known to be Pudgala, Dharma, Adharnia, Akasa and Kala. Pudgala has form and the qualities, Rupa, etc. But the rest are without forin.
COMMENTARY Wc have now arrived at the end of the subdivisions of Dravya. The following table will illustrate the varieties of Drayya with subclasses.
DRAVYA
Jiva
Ajiva
Dharma Adharma' Akasa : Pudgala Kala Innumerable passages might be quoted from all sorts of Jain works which contain a mention and description of these varieties of Dravya. In Tattvarthadhigama Sutra we have :
"chu " (V. I] "791941 gafett garat: " [V. I] "tara" [V. 3] "*1957 " [V. 39)
i e.. "The Dravyas are Dharma, Adharma, Akasa and Pudgala which are Ajivas having Kaya (body). The Jivas also (are Dravyas). Kala too is Dravya."
Jiva and the four Ajivas Pudgala, Dharma, Adharma and Akasa have Kaya (body) and are known as Panchastikayas (the Five Astikayas). Kala, though an Ajiva, has no body. It is Akaya (without body). This is why Kala is mentioned separately and last of all in the Sutras quoted above
In all the Jain Puranas there is a description of Dravyas. We quote one verse only from a manuscript of Vardhamana Purana by Bhattaraka Sakalakirti.