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Pravacanasara
substance of space (ākāśa dravya) is one indivisible whole (a single continuum), still there is this idea of space-points (pradeśa) in the single continuum. As our two fingers occupy different spaces of the single continuum of space (ākāśa), its divisions in form of spacepoints (pradeśa) are imagined.
एक्को व दुगे बहुगा संखातीदा तदो अणंता य । दव्वाणं च पदेसा संति हि समय त्ति कालस्स ॥2-49॥
एको वा द्वौ बहवः संख्यातीतास्ततोऽनन्ताश्च । द्रव्याणां च प्रदेशाः सन्ति हि समया इति कालस्य ॥2-49॥
सामान्यार्थ – [ द्रव्याणां प्रदेशाः ] काल- द्रव्य के बिना पाँच द्रव्यों के निर्विभाग अंशरूप प्रदेश [ एकः ] एक [ वा ] अथवा [ द्वौ बहवः ] दो अथवा बहुत, संख्यात [च] और [ संख्यातीताः ] असंख्यात [च] तथा [ततः ] उसके बाद [ अनन्ताः ] अनन्त इस तरह यथायोग्य [ सन्ति ] सदाकाल रहते हैं । [ कालस्य ] काल- द्रव्य का [ समयाः इति ] 'समय' पर्याय रूप ही है, अनेक प्रदेश नहीं हैं ऐसा [हि ] निश्चयकर जानना चाहिये।
The substances (dravya) [other than the time (kāla ) ] have one, two, numerable, innumerable, and also infinite space-points (pradeśa); however, the substance of time (kāla) certainly has just the mode 'samaya' - '-one space-point (pradeśa).
Explanatory Note: The substances (dravya) that have multiple (many) space-points (pradeśa) exhibit the oblique-collection (tiryakpracaya); tiryakpracaya is the collection of space-points (pradeśa) in all directions. The collection of multiple (many) ‘samaya’ is termed the upward-collection (ūrdhvapracaya). All
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