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The Jaina world of Non-living
cannot be called 'Go'. Similarly, the term 'loka' means observation. This etymology does not mean that other realities besides the living being are not 'universe'.
13. Thirdly, the universe is an entity which is observed by the omniscient who has absolute conation and knowledge. This proves that other realities are also universe as he observes all of them.
14. It is the soul which observes. It cannot be called non-universe because it is non-observable. It is self-observing. The omniscient who observes the external realities, observes the self-soul too. How, otherwise, could he be called omniscient? Secondly, one who cannot observe ownself, how could he observe others? It is just like earthenpots who do not observe themselves and, hence, unable to observe others
too.
15-16. Q. If the universe is that which is observed, the non-universe will also have to be termed as universe as it is observable by the omnivisioned or omniscient. If he does not observe it, he will not be omnivisioned. This is undesirable
A. This is not so. The point has already been replied in term of convention over-ruling the etymology. Alternatively, the universe may be taken as that entity wherefrom the omniscient observes. He does not observe non-universe from his position in non-universe. Hence, the nonuniverse cannot become universe. Thus, there will be a qualified observation in terms of both.
17. The space of the universe is termed as universe-space. The term refers to the location just like a pond where there is storage of water. 18. Alternatively, the term 'universe' belongs to a case of substratum which means it is an entity where all the realities could be observed. The space is the substratum here. The universe is the space. It is a homolocalised entity where all realities are located. This space is classified in two divisions due to these realities-universe-space and non-universe space. The universe-space has innumerable spacepoints like the realities of medium of rest and motion. In contrast, the non-universe space outside this is infinite.
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