Book Title: Short Reader of Jain Doctrines
Author(s): Hemchand Jain
Publisher: Digambar Jain Swadhyay Mandir Trust

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________________ dividuality of substance is always maintained, i.e., a substance does not change into another substance, an attribute does not change into another atritbute and (also) the infinite attributes of a substance do not scatter or split up into separate entities. Due to this attribute no substance becomes less or more by losing or adding anything to it. 13. Define Shape Formation attribute (Shape retentivity). That potentiality or quality by virtue of which the substance always exists in some shape or form (occupying some spatial units) is called shape formation attribute. Q. 14. How many kinds of substances are there? Substances are of 6 kinds :-- 1. Soul (Jiva). 2. Matter (Pudgala). 3. Eiher (Dharmastikyya). 4. Anti-Ether (Adharmastikaya), 5. Space (Akasha). 6. Time (Kala). 15. What specific attributes are found in each substance ? 1. The principal specific attributes of the soul substance are :--- Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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