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Letter 6
39 For example heat is the attribute of fire. It cannot be seperated from fire. Sweetness is the attribute of sugar. Sweetness cannot be seperated from sugar. Similarly attributes cannot be seperated from the substances.
All the attributes of any substance have Avinabhavi relationship with each other. That means where one attribute is found of any substance all the other attributes of that substance are invariably there. In gold there are two main attributes, one is the yellow colour and the other is weight. Both are always existing in it. They are inseparable, one cannot exist without the other.
Similarly the attributes of touch, taste,smell and colour etc. in Pudgal substance have the Avinabhavi relationship with each other. This means, that the presence of one attribute invariably denotes the presence of all the other infinite attributes of that particular substance.
All the infinite attributes collectively are known as a substance. These attributes cannot be subtracted from the substance nor can any new one be added. Thus the number of infinite attributes in the substance is always constant.
All infinite attributes present in Arihant or Siddha are also present in each Jeev substance. They are present in you, me and every living being. Each Pudgal Paramanu also has the infinite attributes of its own. Thus each substance is self sufficient and self reliant in itself.
These attributes are of two kinds; common and special or Samanya H14R1 and Vishesh fayto. Common i.e. Samanya means those attributes which are found in all the substances. Each substance has its own seperate attributes. But they are found in all substances as well.
They are Astitva अस्तित्व, Vastutva वस्तुत्व, Dravyatva द्रव्यत्व, Prameyatva प्रमेयत्व, Agurulaghutva अगुरुलघुत्व, Pradeshatva प्रदेशत्व etc. These are common or Samanya attributes.
And those attributes which are not found in all the substances, but are found only in some specific ones are called special or Vishesh attributes.
Existence of a substance is proved by the Samanya attributes. And because of Vishesh attributes we can identity the specific substance e.g. touch, taste,smell, and colour are special i.e. Vishesh attributes of Pudgal substance. So any substance having these attributes is called Pudgal.
Knowledge i.e. Dnyan 77, perception i.e. Darshan gta, happiness or Bliss i.e. Sukh ya, conduct i.e Charitra ufa, potency i.e. Veerya ard are Vishesh attributes of Jeev substance. That is why that substance which has these attributes is Jeev Dravya. Sukh is also a special / Vishesh attribute of Jeev. It is present only in Jeev Dravya and not in any other substance.
