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Attributes (Guna).
A Substance further is a group of attributes and modifications. As there are 6 substances, some attributes are general or common; others are special. Sámánya-guna, or common attributes are found in all substances; these are the attributes which are necessary for the existence of the group, as a group or substance.
These are infinite but 6 are principal :
1. Astitva, Is-ness; Indestructibility; permanence; the capacity by which a substance cannot be destroyed. 2. Vastutva, Functionality; capacity by which a substance has a function.
3. Dravyatva, Change-ability, capacity by which it is always changing in modifications.
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4. Prameyatva, Know-ability: capacity of being known by someone, or of being the subject-matter of knowledge. 5. Agurulaghutva, Individuality; capacity by which one attribute or substance does not become another and the substance does not lose the attributes whose grouping forms the substance itself.
6. Pradeshatva, Spatiality, capacity of having some kind of location in space.
Chetanatva, Consciousness
Amúrtatva, Immateriality Achetanatva, Unconsciousness
Amúrtatva, Immateriality Achetanatva, Unconsciousness
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are common attributes of the class of substance, or group of attributes, called Soul.
are common to Space, Motion, Rest and Time.
are common to Matter.
Múrtatva, Materiality
Vishesha guna are special attributes of a particular substance. These are the attributes which distinguish one group from the others.
Vishesha-guna or special attributes of each substance are:1. Jíva-Soul 1. Knowledge. In its full form it arises only in the absence of knowledge-obscuring karma.
2. Conation. In its full form it arises only in the absence of conation-obscuring karma.
3. Pliss. In its full form it arises only in the absence
of all the 4 destructive karmas, etc.
4. Fower. In its full form it arises only in the absence of obstructive karmas, etc.
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