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Anekantvad (Syadvad) Sapthabhangi-Anuyog
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to other things. In the same manner, the substance has its original form which is unchanging and the modified forms which are transient. As a dravya it is permanent; as a modified form, it is transient because as a modified form, it goes on getting destroyed and produced.
The cloth was first in the form of a bundle. Now it has been made into a coat, shirt etc. The cloth as dravya remains permanent but as a modified form it is changing. The bundle
(Than), was destroyed and coat etc. appeared. A man was a worker. Then he became an officer. Here also that man as dravya is permanent but as a Paryaya he has changed. The dravya remains in the form of an object. The object is created and it perishes. Drauvya or duration makes the dravya permanent. These are ordinary examples. Actually, every object is transient. The Bhagwan saw it with his omniscience and experienced it in meditation. The present day science also expounds the same. The particles in the atom pass through the phase of production and destruction but the form of the object remains the same. That which is seen from outside is dravya but when it is internally divided what is produced is modification. This condition prevails all over the universe. Akasha which has been in existence at all times is perm cannot deny this. It is also transient as ghatakash or parabhakash or in a water booth. When a hut has been built, a new akash (space) of that extent has been created. When the hut is destroyed, that akash does not exist. Actually, it is not different from space. So we say it was produced out of akash in that form and then it has perished. As Akash, it is permanent. All dravyas in this universe are governed by the principle of production, destruction and duration.
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