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अजीवाधिकार
2- THE NON-SOUL
पञ्चास्तिकाय तथा उनका लक्षण - The five substances with extensive magnitude -
एदे छहव्वाणि य कालं मोत्तूण अत्थिकाय त्ति । णिहिट्ठा जिणसमये काया हु बहुप्पदेसत्तं ॥३४॥
काल द्रव्य को छोडकर छह में से पाँच द्रव्य जिनशासन में 'अस्तिकाय' कहे गये हैं। बहुप्रदेशीपना - वह कायत्व है। भावार्थ - जिनागम में काल द्रव्य को छोड़कर शेष - जीव, पुद्गल, धर्म, अधर्म और आकाश - ये पाँच द्रव्य 'अस्तिकाय' कहे गये हैं। जिनमें बहुत प्रदेश हों उसे अस्तिकाय कहते हैं। काल द्रव्य एक प्रदेशी है अतः वह अस्तिकाय नहीं है।
The Jaina Doctrine has termed the five substances - the soul (jiva), the physical matter (pudgala), the medium of motion (dharma), the medium of rest (adharma), and the space (ākāśa) – as ‘astikāya'. Since these substances have extensive magnitude, these are ‘astikāya'.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
The term 'astikāya' means spatiality or extensive magnitude. The atom or the material point is the unit of space – the spatial point occupied by one atom (paramāņu). Since the five entities, the soul (jiva), the physical matter (pudgala), the medium of motion (dharma), the medium of rest (adharma), and the space (ākāśa) have existence, these are fasti' and since these occupy many spatial points, these are 'kāya', hence the term astikāya'. Existence that relates to the space is the ‘astikāya'. The time (kāla) has no extension in space, either directly or indirectly. Hence, time (kāla) is not an astikāya. Though time (kāla) is a real entity that accounts for changes in other things, it lacks spatial points. It is an entity of monodimensional series, without extensive magnitude.
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