Illuminator of Jaina Tenets

Author(s): Tulsi Acharya
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati

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Sutras 19-20
(Note) Sacitta-the body of a living animal.
Soul and Non-sour
Acitta-the place of birth of gods and hellish beings is acitta, i.e., inanimate. Šīta 'having cold touch'. It is where hellish beings are born.
Uşṇa-It is where fire-bodied beings originate.
Samvrta-It is like the bed of gods, in which gods, hellish creatures and onesensed beings are born.
Vivrta-It is like a lake. This is the place of origin of beings with mutilated organs, and also brutes and a species of men, who are not born in any restricted region, nor are conceived in the mother's womb.
१६. अचेतनोऽजीवः ।
यस्मिन् साकाराSनाकारलक्षण उपयोगो नास्ति सोऽजीवोऽचेतन इति ।
19. acetano'jīvaḥ.
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yasmin sākārā'nākāralakṣaṇa upayogo nāsti so'jïvo'cetana iti.
(Aph.) Absence of consciousness is the defining characteristic of nonsoul. (XIX)
(Gloss) An entity which is devoid of determinate or indeterminate consciousness (in one word, cognitive activity) is called non-soul. It is also designated as inanimate.
२०. धर्माधर्माकाशकालपुद्गलास्तमेवाः ।
एतेषां लक्षणानि प्राङ् निरूपितानि ।
20. dharma'dharmākāśa-kāla-pudgalās tadbhedāḥ.
eteṣām lakṣaṇāni pran nirūpiṭāni.
(Aph.) Dharma (substance which is the condition of motion), adharma (substance which is the condition of rest), space, time and matter are the varieties of it (viz. non-soul). (XX)
(Gloss) The defining characteristics of these have been set forth before.
gfa cienciadafadiu: 1
iti jivājīvabhedanirnayaḥ.
Here ends (the Third Lustre called) "The Ascertainment of the Classication of Soul and Non-soul" (of the Jaina-siddhānta-dīpikā compiled by Sri Tulasīgaṇin).