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A.V.39.3
Origination, destruction and permanence are the characteristics of existence and substance. Also substance is an entity which is with attributes and modes.
Q.V.39.4 A.V.39.4
What is the peculiar characteristic of time? Hour, minutes etc are the characteristics of practical time while its ability to support change / transformation of all other substances is the characteristic from transcendental viewpoint.
Q.V.39.5 A.V.39.5
What are the distinguishing and generic attributes of time? Ability to support change / transformation of all other substances is its distinguishing attribute while absence of consciousness, taste, touch etc are its generic attributes long with all the generic attributes of a substance.
Q.V.39.6 A.V.39.6
How is time non concrete? As touch taste, smell and form are found in it, it is called non concrete.
Q.V.39.7
A.V.39.7
Why time is not with many space-points? Why it is not considered as an existent with body? According to scriptures, one sub-atom of time occupies one space point of space and it fills the entire universe with such time-sub-atoms. These time sub-atoms do not join each other and hence are of independent existence. Therefore time is said to be without body (having more than one space-point). Each time sub-atom is a substance.
Q.V.39.8 A.V.39.8
If time is also a substance, then why is mentioned separately so? If it was included in the first aphorism itself, then time would also become an existent with body which is not the case even from the practical viewpoint.
Q.V.39.9 A.V.39.9
Is time one substance or many? Time is many substances and not one.
Q.V.39.10 A.V.39.10
Is time active or passive? Time is a passive substance only. It supports change.
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I ks uurle; % V.40 So(a) nantasamayah
VFk% Meaning:
og vuur & Te; okyk gA It (conventional time) consists of infinite instants.
Q.V.40.1 A.V.40.1
What is the meaning of time-instant (samaya)? The smallest mode of time is called time-instant.
Q.V.40.2
How is practical time said to of infinite time-instants?
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