Dravya Sangraha

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

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"अथ पुद्गल एवात्र धर्मोऽधर्मो द्विधा नभः । कालश्च पञ्चधैवेत्यजीवतत्त्वं जगौ जिन :॥"
- [Canto XVI. Sloka 15] i. e., "Then Jina (Mahavira) spoke about the five sorts of Ajiva, viz., Pudgala, Dharma, Adharnma, Akasa and Kala.
As in all the Puranas su in all Jain Kavyas also we find enumeration and description of Dravyas. A peculiarity of Jain Kavyas is that in the last Canto of nearly all of these works we find a brief summary of the principles of Jainism. It is no wonder therefore that we shall find a description of Dravyas there. Two such passages are quoted here.
"धर्माधर्मो नभः कालः पुद्गलश्चेति पञ्चधा । अजीवः कथ्यते सम्यग्जिनस्तत्त्वार्थदर्शिभिः॥ षड़-द्रव्यारगीति वय॑न्ते समं जीवेन तान्यपि । विना कालेन तान्येव यान्ति पञ्चास्तिकायताम् ॥"
[Dharmasarmabhyudaya Kavya, Canto xxI. 81, 82] "धर्माधर्मावथाकाशं कालः पुद्गल इत्यपि । अजीव: पञ्चधा ज्ञेयो जिनागमविशारदै॥ एतान्येय सजीवानि षड्द्रव्याणि प्रचक्षते । कालहीनानि पञ्चास्तिकायास्तान्येव कीत्तिता : ॥"
(Chandraprabha-Charita Kavya, Canto XVIII. 67, 68] i. e.“ Dharma, Adharma, Akasa, Kala and Pudgala--these five are celled Ajivas. These with Jiva make up the six Dravyas. Excluding Kala the remaining five make up the five Astikayas.”
It is needless to quote any more parallel passages from works like Panchastikayasamayasara, Dravyanuyogatarkana, etc.
In the text we have" Pudgala has form." In Tattvarthadhigama Sutra, we find “The Pudgala have Rupa" ["रूपिणः पुद्गला: V. 5]. The following explanation of Rupa in this aphorism is found in the Tattvartharaja-varttika : "Though the word Rupa has various meanings, it is here synonymous with “shape' according to the authority of the Sastras. Or it may be taken to mean a certain quality (viz., that quality which is capable of being perceived by the eyes "चतुग्रहणयोग्यः")" The word "Murttah" in our text signifies that which has Murtti (shape). This Murtti should be understood to be the same as "Rupa' mentioned in Tattvarthadhigama Sutra. That is to say the word "Rupa" in our text is not used in the same sense as it is used in the Tattvarthadhigama Sutra. In the latter "Rupa" is used to de