First Principal of the Jaina Philosophy

Author(s): Hirachand Liladhar Zaveri
Publisher: Jaina Vividh Sahitya Shastramala

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THE JAIN PHILOSOPHY
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common to itself and to other things (samanya-guna), and natures common to itself and to other things (samanya-svabhava); also any given substance or thing has qualities peculiar to itself (visesha-gunas) and natures peculiar to itself (visesha-svabhavas). These are omitted here for brevity.
Qualities belong to things (gunin), natures belong both to qualities (gunas), and things (gunin).
The six kinds of substances are
I. Dharmastikaya;
2. Adharmastikaya; 3. Akasastikaya ;
4. Pudgalastikaya; 5. Jivastikaya; 6. Kala.
The termination astikaya* in the first five substances means that the substance is a collection of indivisible, inseparable parts [paradesas]. The sixth [kala] is not really a substance, but for the sake of oonvenience it is considered as such, though only figuratively.
1. Dharmastikaya is a kind of ether which acts as the fulcrum of motion. It enables animate beings [jiva] and inanimate things [ajiva] to move; that is
*The word kaya means a collection of pradesas, or parts. Astikaya means that which has a collection of parts.