Jainism Precepts and Practice

Author(s): Puranchand Nahar, Krishnakant Ghosh
Publisher: Caxton Publications

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AN EPITOME OF JAINISM. ed to compounds and like points have posisions but no magnitude.
(ri). Dharna or Dharmastikdya is that Imponder. simple imponderable ( *) substance by the
virtue of which bodies are able to move. Dharma here seems to be a reality, correspouding to the Rajus (The) of the Sankhya philosophy, helping to the mobility of material things.
(rit). Adharnia or Adk ırmästikäya is that simple imponderable (FR) substance by the virtue of which bodies are able to be • at rest Adharna, like Dharma, appears to be a reality corresponding to the Tamas (ma:) of the Sankhya philosophy tending to bring things to a rest
(iv). Akash or Space is the uncontained container of all that exists.
(v) Kal or Time is what reveals itself in a series or succession of events or changes. It is in the course of time that things wear out, unfold themselves or undergo changes It is this time that is conventionally divided and termed as moments, muutes, hours and the lıke for which reason it is technically called Kalandtmak Kal.
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