Dravya Sangraha

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

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The Sacred Book of the Jains
note "Shape or form” but in our text it is used to denote "Colour." In our text "Shape or form" is indicated by the word “Murtti" and not “Rupa.” This should be remembered to avoid confusion.
In our text we have “Pudgals have the qualities, Rupa, etc.” The qualities are touch, taste, smell and colour. All these qualities are enumerated in Tattvarthadhigama Sutra "razichqu91 : gerai: 1" (V. 23] i.e. “Pudgalas have touch, taste, smell and colour." In Vardhamana-Purana by Sakalakirti also we have WaruftretcHERTATUTAFAYETTIT: ,"
[Canto XVI. Verse, 16] i. e. "Pudgalas are endless and characterised by colour, smell, taste and touch.” The varieties of colour etc., have already been mentioned in the commentary to Verse 7.
Thus we find that among the five varieties of Ajiva, Pudgala has shape and possesses colour, smell, taste and touch. The other four Ajivas, Dharma, Adharma, Kala and Akasa have no form.
सद्दो बंधो सुहमो थूलोसंठारणभेदतमछाया।
उज्जोदादवसहिया पुग्गलदव्वस्स पज्जाया ॥ १६ ॥ Saddo bandho suhamo thulo samthana-bheda-tama-chhaya. Ujjodadava-sahiya puggala-dayvassa pajjaya.-(16)
Padapatha--hel Saddo, sound. 44 Bandho, union. HEHT Suhamo, fineness. T Thulo, grossness. HORTACHH8791 Samthana-bheda-tamachhaya, shape, division, darkness and image. Bolanica Ujjodadavasahiya, with lustre and heat. glagodeti Puggala-davvassa, of Pudgala substances. 967147 Pajjaya, modifications.
16. Sound, union, fineness, grossness, shape, division, darkness and image, with lustre and heat (are) modifications of the substance (known as ) Pudgala.
COMMENTARY
Sabda or sound is said to be of two kinds-Bhasa-laksana (as incorporated in languages ) and Abhasa-laksana (which does not ind place in any language ). The first, again, is of two kinds : (1) sounds which are expressed by letters and (2) sounds which are not expressed by letters. It is said that the last mentioned kind of sound is made by creatures who possess two, three or four senses or by the Kevalis.
Sounds not finding place in languages are again of two kinds : (1) produced by human beings and (2) resulting from other sources, as