Book Title: Jain Tattva Parichay
Author(s): Ujjwala D Shah
Publisher: Veetrag Vani Prakashak

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________________ 41 Letter 6 stagnant but is suitable for a fish to swim or to move about in it. So this attribute is called Gatinetutva negra i.e. motion causation. (4) Adharma Dravya : This substance has the attribute which is the cause for the stoppage or the standstill position of Jeev and Pudgal substances which are in motion and have the capacity to come to a stand still or stop on their own. This attribute is Sthitihetutva fefagra or stationariness causation. (5) Akash Dravya - Accommodating all the other substances is the specific attribute of this substance. It is Avagahanhetutva OTTEGRO. All the other substances except Pudgal substance are invisible or cannot be experienced through sensory organs. So think for yourself whether the blue sky above you as we see is Akash Dravya. Because in our daily life it is refered to as Akash. But it cannot be Akash Dravya because sky i.e. Akash can be seen by our eyes and that which can be seen is Pudgal and not Akash Dravya. Akash substance is what we call space. It is infinite. The centre of this, where all the six substances are situated is called Lokakash. Surrounding it from all sides without any boundaries or limits is Alokakash. The universe which we know and which comprises of sun, plar.ets, stars, galaxies are all situated in a very small portion of Lokakash Akash Dravya accommodates all the other substances. This does not mean it is found only around these other substances. But it is an all pervasive substance. It is present inside the Pudgal substance also which according to us is solid matter. But Akash substance exists around it and through it as well. And in true sense all the six substances accommodate each other. They exist in the same space due to Ekakshetravagah relation geantalla PIIE . (6) Kaal Dravya :- There are countless i.e. Asankhyat are space points i.e. Pradeshas in Lokakash. On each of those space point is one Kaal Dravya. Parinamanhetutva ufu14969ea is the specific attribute of Kaal Dravya. That means it is an instrumental cause for change. The time of seconds, minutes, hours, days, months is called as Vyavahar Kaal or conventional time. One manifestation of Kaal Dravya is called samay. It is the smallest indivisible part of the conventional time. And innumerable samay are comprised in one second of our conventional time. So the substances can be recognised by their specific attributes only. In philosophical terms, attributes are the differentiating characteristics of any substance; and substances are those which can be differentiated and recognised through the knowledge of the attributes.

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