Book Title: Tattvartha Sutram
Author(s): Adishwarprasad Jain
Publisher: Adishwar Jain

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________________ अध्याय पांचवा CHAPTER V SUTRA 1 अजीवकाया धर्माधर्माकाशपुद्गलाः ॥ १॥ Aivakaya dharnia dharmakasha pudgalah The non-soul extensivc (substances arc ) ' Dharma, medium of motion to soul and matter; Adharma, , „ rest SFIT Akasha, space and, and Terry Pudgala, matter 114 Kaya means extensive, i e, having extent like the body, 1 c, occupying more than onc 975 Pradesha, spatial Onit, or point in Kala, tumcs has no extent, because its innumerable points, kalanus arc packcd full like a hcap of Jewels in universal space, but are never united one with the other SUTRA 2 Soury 11 211 Dravyani (They are also called) dravyas, substances 6 Dravyas The basic distinction is one It 16 seen, it is un deniable It is the distiction between the (the I) and the chair on wbich I sit Technically it is the distinction between Jiva and Ajiva It is perfect in Logic, and uni versally observable in experience Grouped round both of these and making these two, know able and describable are time and space Time and space are not one Similarly the motion or rest-which arc also observable in men and matter--are not onc, though there is nothing which is neither at rest, nor in motion Each condition is a condition of rest or motion Thus we get Jiva, soul, Ajiva, non-soul including matter, time, space, media of motion and of rest Substance is a group of attributes which are never separable one from the other. It is like a lump of sugar, every atom

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