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The Jaina world of Non-living
Lokā-kāše Avagahah 5.12
All the realities are accommodated in the universe-space (occupied space). 5.12.
1. Q. There is context of mattergy from the previous aphorism 5.11. This aphorism, therefore, should refer only to the accommodation of mattergy only.
A. This is not so. This aphorism refers to all the realities as a group rather than any individual one as all of them have been described before. Thus, there is no discrimination here. This aphorism, therefore, states the substratum of all the realities.
2. Q. If space accommodates other realities like those of medium c rest and motion etc., the space must have some other substratum. A.
This is not so. The infinite space is accommodated in itself. The space is, thus, the substratum and substrate by itself.
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Moreover, there is no other reality which has a larger magnitude than the space where it could be accommodated. It is, therefore, justified that the space is self-accommodative in the absence of any other infinite substratum.
4-5. This concept also avoids the flaw of infinite regression. Secondly, from the actualistic point of view, all the realities are selfaccommodating substantively. Hence, there is ideal substrate-substratumrelationship among them.
6. Q. If all the realities are self-accommodating, there will be contradiction with the canonical statements like 'space is substratum for air etc. mentioning mutual accommodative nature of the realities.
A. This is not so. These statements have been stated from practical point of view. The presumption of substrate-substratum-relationship is always with respect to practical standpoint only. There will, otherwise, be flaw of infinite regression. Substantively, however, every reality is selfaccommodating.
7. This statement could be illustrated in terms of various activities. In fact, there are two types of activities - (i) subject-inherent just as to go, sit etc. and (ii) object-inherent like cooking the rice or breaking of the pitcher etc. The substratum of the subject and object may be the verb
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