Jain Shwetambar Conference Herald 1913 Book 09

Author(s): Mohanlal Dalichand Desai
Publisher: Jain Shwetambar Conference

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Jain Murascology into English.
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From both the dravya and paryaya point of view it may be defined as that " in which there are origination, destruction and permanence " i. e. the origination of a new paryaya, the destruction of the old paryaya, and the permanence of the dravya,
The draryas are six in number; viz dharmastikaya, adharmastikaya, akashastikaya, pudgalastikaya, jiva. stikaya and kala,
A particular drarya is that which has an infinite number of samanya and Vishesha svabhavas i. e. general and particular natures; also that which per:
forms a special action. Druryatvar a-The fact of its being a dravya ( -tra
means-ness ). As a Samanya srabhara ( general · nature ) it means the fact of all the dravyas per
forming their special specific functions. · Distinction-means that it is separable only in thought. Difference-means a real difference in actual fact. There is
only a distinction and not a real difference between • guna and paryaya. Dharmastikaya Taifta py—that drarya (substance) which is
the hetu (ic-accompanying cause ) of the motion; of moving things and beings; the fulcrum of motion;
( a fine ether ? ) Devardahi Gani_argnot--the redactor of the sacred canon. Guna-10-Quality, it is constant i. e. unchanging. ( the use
of the Sanskrit word 'guna' is preferable, as the English word ' quality' has connotations which
the word guna has not. ) It is the modality. Hetu— - the accompanying cause, wiihout which you can.
not do. Is- the word sometimes means ' exists; ' sometimes it
is merely a copula asserting that the predicate is
compatible with the subject of the proposition. Jivastikaya-siratreata-that dravya (substance) the characteri
stic of which is chetana (arat knowledge;) soul.