Jaina World of Non Living

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

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The Jaina world of Non-living
of the bodies at salvation point and their accommodation in the world of the salvated and so on. 5. Q. It is contended that the aphorism 5.2 and 5.3 should have been combined to form only one aphorism like 'Dravyāņi Jivāh'. In this way, one would not have the word 'ca' also, thus reducing the size of the aphorism too. A. This contention is not correct. It will lead to an erroneous meaning that only the living beings are a reality and not the others (space, time etc.). 6. The plurality of the aphorism 5.3 does also not rectify this meaning as it is meant only for indicating the wide variety of the living beings. The commonly related plurality of the word 'Dravyāņi' would also not have given the desired meaning as it would refer only to the realityness of wide variety of the living beings. 7. Q. The first aphorism 5.1 refers to the topic of non-living realities. Thus, the unification of aphorism 5.2 and 5.3 would also serve the purpose of postulating the living and non-living realities.
This is not correct. As the term 'Dravyāņi' (realities) will be bound with the term 'Jivāh' (living), it will indicate that only the living ones are the reality. 8. Moreover, the continuation of any topic does not always have the desired meanings until clarificatory effort is made. If clarification is not there, the reality will accrue only to the living beings and not to the nonliving ones. Thus, the composition of two separate aphorisms 5.2 and 5.3 is justified. This also serves the additional utility for the word 'ca' in this aphorism. Supplementary Notes 1. The commentary deals with the following points : (a) Repudiation of livingness as the characteristics of the living by pointing out additional flaws of infinite regression and loss of proposition. (b) Asserting the six-numericality of realities by indicating the indfusion of realities of other systems in them logically. (c) The two-fold-ness and maniness of the living reality.
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