________________ Pancastikaya-samgraha From the transcendental point-of-view (niscaya naya), the soul (jiva) has innumerable (asamkhyata) space-points (pradesa) as the universe-space (lokakasa). However, from the empirical point-of-view (vyavahara naya) the soul (jiva), due to its capacity of expansion and contraction, is co-extensive with the physical body that it inhabits. Thus it is said to be of the size of the body (sarira-pramana). Acarya Nemicandra's Dravyasamgraha: अणुगुरुदेहपमाणो उवसंहारप्पसप्पदो चेदा / असमुहदो ववहारा णिच्छयणयदो असंखदेसो वा // 10 // व्यवहारनय से समुद्घात अवस्था के अतिरिक्त यह जीव संकोच तथा विस्तार से छोटे और बड़े शरीर के प्रमाण रहता है, और निश्चयनय से जीव असंख्यात-प्रदेशी है। From the empirical point-of-view (vyavahara naya), the soul, in states other than that of samudghata, due to its capacity of expansion and contraction, is co-extensive with the physical body that it inhabits, but from the transcendental point-of-view (niscaya naya), the soul has innumerable space-points. From the transcendental point-of-view (niscaya naya), the soul (jiva) is incorporeal (amurta). However, from the empirical point-of-view (vyavahara naya) the soul (iva), being sullied with the karmic dirt including the body, is said to be corporeal (murta). From the transcendental point-of-view (niscaya naya), the soul (jiva) is pure, rid of the karmas. However, from the empirical point-of-view (vyavahara naya) the soul (jiva) is bound with the karmas (karmasamyukta). 68
