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Letter 15
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to each other whereas the Swabhava Vyanjan Paryay of each Siddha Jeev is different from the other.
But in case of Pudgal substances, Swabhava Artha Paryayas are different whereas Swabhava Vyanjan paryayas are similar to each other. That is to say that the shapes of paramanus which are the Swabhava Vyanjan Paryayas are similar and the other modifications of other attributes like touch, taste, smell etc. can be different.
So the advantages of learning Pradeshatva attribute are as follows: (1) Each substance has some kind of shape and volume. So the substances like Jeev, Dharma, Adharma, Akash and Kaal despite being Aroopi substance, have their own positive shape and volume.
(2) Shape of each substance is due to its Pradeshatva attribute and can not be determined or created by any other substance or even God.
(3) Though the mundane soul in the embodied form acquired the shape of the body with which it is in conjunction, that shape is not formed because of the body but is formed because of the Pradeshatva attribute of the Jeev itself.
(4) The shape of the Pudgal substance is Moortik or Roopi whereas shapes of all the other substances are Aroopi.
(5) The shape of the body is the shape of the Paramanus of the body. Jeev is not the creator of that shape. Jeev can not do the activity of keeping the body in proper proportionate shape.
(6) The number of the attributes possessed by any substance is not dependent on its size, shape or volume. The infinite attributes held by the Akash Dravya which is Anant pradeshi, same infinite number of attributes are also present in the Pudgal paramanu which is Ek pradeshi, similarly the Kaal Dravya also has the same number of infinite attributes.
(7) Though the shape of the Jeev substance expands and contracts, its innumerable pradeshas remain same. They do not increase or decrease in numbers.
(8) The activity of all the other attributes of Jeev Dravya is not dependent on its shape or Pradeshatva attribute and its modifications. That is why the modifications of attributes like knowledge, perception, conduct, Bliss are not dependent on the volume or shape of the Jeev Dravya.
(9) To consider oneself inferior or superior because of the present shape of the body one is associated with, is wrong.
Here is the couplet explaining the Pradeshatva attribute.\
