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Letter 5
the fact that they occupy the same space by superimposing or accommodating each other.
One soul accommodates ( 1167) other souls. One matter also accomodates another matter. We can say this with confidence. Do you know why? Because on one siddhashila fheict which has a specific area of 45 lac yojan infinite liberated souls accommodate each other. And even when infinite more souls will be added to it they will still accommodate each other. And while doing so they still retain their separate identity and existence. This proves that one soul can accommodate another soul in the same space.
All the six substances are always existing. Time is no bar because substances have no beginning and no end. So they remain to exist forever. That is they do not merge into each other and become five substances or none of them split into two and become seven substances. For example Jeev Dravya does not become Pudgal Dravya or vice versa.
Though all substances accommodate each other and occupy same space, the attribute of accommodating other substances in the same space is considered to be a special or primary attribute of the Akash substance. Because this is the largest substance and all other substances are existing and accommodating each other primarily in this substance. Akash Dravya is one complete single substance which is indivisible. The area in which all other substances are accommodated is called Lokakash. And rest of the remaining Akash is called as Alokakash.
The unit of measuring the area which each substance occupies is known as Pradesh way. In short it can be said to be the smallest unit of space or area. So to indicate how much area a substance occupies, it is said to be or it is referred in terms of that many number of Pradeshas. It can also be termed as space point. The smallest particle of matter known as Pudgal Paramanu
u, which is so small that it cannot be divided further and which occupies one Pradesh, is called Ek Pradeshi. In common daily language it can be said that Pudgal is of singular space point ( Pradesh ). Now with this unit of measurement we will see the area occupied by each of the six substances or in other words how many Pradeshi each substance is.
Akash Dravya is infinite Pradeshi, Lokakash is innumerable Pradeshi. Each soul is innumerable Pradeshi. The Pradesh or space points of soul can expand or contract. Largest expansion can be as large as Lokakash. And smallest contraction can be as small as Nigod friig or the smallest form of life. Dharma Dravya is spread throughout Lokakash. That is why it is innumerable i.e. Asankhyat Pradeshi aricua wait. So is Adharma Dravya. That is, it is also innumerable Pradeshi. Kaal Dravya is
