Jaina World of Non Living

Author(s): N L Jain
Publisher: Parshwanath Vidyapith

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The Jaina world of Non-living
is hetero-location. Similarly, if the term non-living bodies is taken as to mean the body of the non-living, there will be hetero-location and it will, therefore, mean difference or separateness between the two entities. 3Q. Non-differentiation is observed in possessive case too as in case of golden ring (ring of gold). However, this is not a proper example as the term 'gold' there is meant for excluding other specific materials like silver or specific quantity (like māṣā or rattī) from which ring could be made.
Q.
It is opined that no differentiation could be there despite hetero
location.
C.Q.
How?
C.Q.A. It is observed so as in case of 'golden ring'. Here the 'golden ring' means ring of the gold and there is no differentiation between ring and gold despite possessive case. Similarly, there should be no differentiation in case of the term 'non-living body'.
A. This is not correct. The term 'golden' here is meant to exclude other specific materials from which ring could be made. The term gold excludes silver etc. and their quantity, size etc. too. The ring is made of gold and neither of silver etc. nor of other materials (Māṣādi). This is not the case in the case of 'non-living body' (body of non-living) where there is no exclusion of any other material.
4. Alternatively, let there be hetero-locational position in the term 'non-living body' because it is non-contradictory. Because under the sermon of five existential bodies, the living one is also a body (kāya), hence the use of the word 'non-living' here has been done to exclude the living one. This means that it is the body of the non-living rather than that of the living.
5.
In general, differentiation is observed with some respects like name, characteristics and usefulness etc. For example, in the case of the ring of the gold, the metal 'gold' is a general term while the term 'ring' is the specific form of the gold. Thus, there is difference between them due to generality and specificity with respect to name and characteristics etc. If there could be permanent non-difference between them, the gold can not be converted into ear-ring. Alternatively, the ring might also be called
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