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Tattvārthasūtra
Omniscience (kevalajñāna) extends to all substances (dravya) and all their modes (paryāya) simultaneously.
The attributive ‘sarva' - all – is added to both, ‘dravya'- substance, and ‘paryāya'-mode. First the soul-substances (jīva dravya) are infinite-times-infinite (anantānanta). The forms of matter (pudgala dravya) are infinitetimes-infinite of these. Atoms (anu) and molecules (skandha) are the divisions of matter. The medium of motion (dharma dravya), the medium of rest (adharma dravya) and the space (ākāśa dravya) are three. The substance of time (kāla dravya) is innumerable (asamkhyāta). Each of these substances has infinite-times-infinite modes (paryāya), extending through the past, the present and the future. There is nothing, either substance or mode, which does not come within the purview of omniscience (kevalajñāna). The fact that omniscience (kevalajñāna) encompasses all substances (dravya) and all modes (paryāya) highlights its boundless virtue. The subject matter of clairvoyance (avadhijñāna), etc., has been described. But it has not been mentioned how many kinds of knowledge arising from their respective instrumental causes can dwell simultaneously in one soul.
एकादीनि भाज्यानि युगपदेकस्मिन्नाचतुर्व्यः ॥३०॥
[ एकस्मिन् ] एक जीव में [ युगपत् ] एक साथ [ एकादीनि ] एक से लेकर [ आचतुर्थ्यः ] चार ज्ञान तक [ भाज्यानि ] विभक्त करने योग्य ht, 379177 at Houd
From one up to four kinds of knowledge can be possessed simultaneously by a single soul.
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