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OUTLINES OF JAINISM
15. जीवादी दब्बाणं परिवहण कारणं हवे कालो ॥
Niyama-sāra, 33.
That which is the cause of the modification of soul and other substances (dravyas) would be time (kāla).
16. ववगदपणवणरसो ववगददोगंधअट्ठफामो य ।
अगुरुलहुगो अमुत्तो वट्टण लकबो य कालो त्ति ॥ २४ ॥ समो णि मिसो कढ़ा कला य णाली तदो दिवारत्ती । मास उदुअयणसंवच्छरो त्ति कालो परायत्तो ॥ २५ ॥
Pañchāstikāya, 24, 25.
That which is devoid of five colours [krishma (black), harita (green), pīta (yellow), rakta (red), and sveta (white)]; of five tastes (tikta (pungent), katuka (bitter), kshāra (saline), kashāyila (acid), and mishta (sweet)]; of two smells (sugandha (agreeable) and durgandha (disagreeable)]; of eight kinds of tonch [light and heavy', smooth and rough, soft and hard, and hot and cold] ; and which bas the agurulagim attribute (i.e. the set of central attributes which sustain the others), is immaterial and is characterized by modifications (of other substances] -is time (kāla). Samaya (unit of time), nimisha, kāshthā, kalā, mālī, divārātra, māsa, itu, ayana, samvatsara—these are secondary time.
17. लोयायासपएसे इक्कक्के जे ठिया हु इक्वेक्का । रयणाणं रासी इव ते कालाणू असंखदवाणि ॥ २२ ॥
Dravya-samgraha, 22.
In each pradeśa of lokākāśa cach atom of time is fixed like a heap of jewels. These atoms of time are innumerable and substances.
