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24us. ] Nyāya-Klusumānjali सर्वव्याप्य-वकाशदायि च नमोऽनन्तप्रदेशात्मकं
कालो वर्तनलक्षणो निजगदे स्पर्शादिमान् पुद्गलः ॥ ३३ ॥
It is said ( in Jainism that just as water assists aquatic animals in their movement so does Dharma help both the inanimate and the animate objects in their motion; that Adharma helps these objects in remaining steady, as shade doos in the case of travellers; that Akas'a is all-pervading, it gives space to other objects and the number of its Prades'as is infinite; that Kala is characterized by continuity; and Pudyala possesses touch, etc. ( 33 )
Notes:----Prades'a is the minutest indivisible portion of a substance. Such portions of Pullgala- a jar, a piece of cloth, etc., are Paramanus. They can be called Prades'a so long as they are not separate from the substance to which they belong, but as soon as they get separated from the substance, they cease to be so called and are spoken of as Paramanus. We cannot have Paramanus in the case of the other substances, Jiva, Dharma, etc., for, it is not possible to separate Prades'as of these substances by any means whatsoever. Hence the ultimately indivisible portions of these substances must be called Prades'as,
Dravyas ( substances are divided into two groups, Jiva ( animate ) and Ajiva ( inanimate ). Ajiva is further subdivided into Dharma, Adharma, Akas'a, Pudgala, and Kula.
Dharma is a medium of motion. It poryades 28
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