Book Title: Reality English Translation of Sarvarthasiddhi
Author(s): S A Jain
Publisher: Jwalamalini Trust Chennai

View full book text
Previous | Next

Page 160
________________ CHAPTER V THE CATEGORY OF THE NON-LIVING The substance of soul (jiva), one of the subjects of right faith, has been explained. Now, we have to investigate the substance of non-soul (the non-living or ajivas). The names and the categories (divisions) of the non-soul are mentioned. asfaları anfanfaarigeer: Ajivakaya dharmādharmākāśapudgalāḥ 1. The non-soul substances (bodies) are the medium of motion, the medium of rest, space and matter. The term 'kaya' is derived from 'body'. Here it is applied on the basis of analogy. The non-soul substances are called bodies on the analogy of the body of a living being. In what respect is there analogy? Just as the body is a conglomeration of matter, so also there is manifoldness of space-points in the medium of motion etc. Hence these substances also are called bodies. Ajīvāśca (the non-soul substances) and te kāyāśca (bodies) form ajivakäyäḥ (the non-soul bodies). This is a compound formed of an adjective and a noun. It is argued that this type of compound has reference only to things which are discordant, such as nila and utpala in nilotpala (the blue lotus). The reply is that herein also there is discordance or irregularity. For the word 'non-soul' applies to time also which is not a multitude, and the word 'body' refers to the soul also. What is the purpose of the word 'body'? The word 'body' is intended to indicate a multitude of spacepoints. The space-points of the medium of motion are a multitude. The multitude of space-points is indicated in sutra 8, which says that there are innumerable space-points in the medium of motion, the medium of rest and in a single soul. Why, then, should the word 'body' be included here to indicate the multitude of space-points? Here it is indicated in general. On the basis of this, it is determined Jain Education International ॥ १॥ (1) For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

Loading...

Page Navigation
1 ... 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257 258 259 260 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 286 287 288 289 290 291 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334