Jaina World of Non Living

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

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The Jaina world of Non-living
9. Q. The above explanation for inclusion of the term 'body' is not logical and proper as it is said in the canonical aphorism (5.8) that the realities of medium of rest, motion and single living have innumerable space points. Thus, the term 'body' does not serve any meaning in this aphorism. 10. If the above aphorism (5.8) is meant to denote the number of space points, still it does not lead to definiteness regarding their individual number of space points. - Q. The aphorism 5.8 does not denote the number of space points individually as it indicates only the innumerability of space points with respect to all the three together. Does it mean that inclusion of the term 'body' in this aphorism (5.1) is meant to indicate individual innumerablity of space points ? A. This is not correct. This also does not lead to any denifiteness as the term 'body' indicates only group of space points rather than their individual innumercality. Q. How do we have definiteness about it? 11. A. The definiteness is indicated by the aphorism 5.12 (and others) which means that the realities are accommodated in the universal space. These aphorisms lead to the definiteness about their number of space points. 12. Q. If the term 'body' is not included in the aphorism 5.1, all the realities will have unitary character with no space points as their constituents.
It has already been said that aphorism 5.8 will describe that the realities of medium of rest and motion and single living have innumerable space points. 13. Q. The canons point out, there are five extensive bodies'. The term 'body' here is, thus, meant to corroborate this statement.
This is not so. The canonical corroboration is already there through the aphorism 5.8 mentioning innumerable space points of these realities. 14. Q. The term 'body' has been included in aphorism 5.1 to indicate non-deviation from the nature of extensive body-ness by the realities.
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