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A Hand Book of Jainology
Karmas transcend and rise up and they exist in lokanth where they remain firm and stable.
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(6) Kal dravya (Time): Time is different from these five dravyas. It enables the jiva to think of the new, the old, the very old, the present, the past and the extreme past conditions of the jivas and the pudgals. The substance is the same but yet it is called a new substance and an hour later on account of the emergence of another modified form, in comparison with it, the same substance is called an old one. In other words that which can be measured by means of a clock is time. Therefore, time which can make things old or new is calculated in terms of seconds, minutes, hours, days, years etc. or period, moment, day etc. These are the six dravyas:
1) The Jiva,
2) The Pudgals,
3) The Akash,
4)
The Dharmastikay,
5) The Adharmastikay,
6) The time.
These six dravyas are together called the universe. In their original state, these 6 dravyas namely the jivas, the pudgals etc. are stable and firm but on account of their mutual reaction, newer and newer reactions take place in them. The old ones perish. New things emerge. In other words, from the reckoning of the jiva and the Karma, on the basis of their nature; or their natural propensities; new productions and destructions keep taking place. These 6 dravyas in their original form are imperishable but transformations keep taking place in their forms or states. The working of the universe is nothing but the dravyas experiencing the power of production, destruction and duration and undergoing transformations in respect of their forms and states.
Question: Here of the six dravyas, the Dharmastikay has been discussed first. What is the meaning of Astikay? What are astikays?
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