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Verse 23
एवं छठभेयमिदं जीवाजीवप्पभेददो दव्वं । उत्तं कालविजुत्तं णायव्वा पंच अत्थिकाया दु ॥
जात्यकाया दु॥
(23)
गाथा भावार्थ - इस प्रकार एक जीव द्रव्य और पाँच अजीव द्रव्य ऐसे छः प्रकार के द्रव्यों का निरूपण किया। इन छहों द्रव्यों में से एक काल के अलावा शेष पाँच अस्तिकाय जानने चाहिए।
23. Thus, six substances (dravyas) have been enumerated: one soul substance (jīva) and five non-soul substances (ajīvas). Out of these six substances, five substances, leaving Time (kāla), are five astikāyas.
EXPLANATORY NOTES
Ācārya Kundkund's Pañcāstikāya-Sāra
जीवा पुग्गलकाया धम्माधम्मा तहेव आयासं । अत्थित्तम्हि य णियदा अणण्णमइया अणुमहंता ॥
(4)
Jīvas or souls, Pudgalas or non-souls, Dharma and Adharma, the principles of rest and motion, and finally Space - these are the Astikāyas. They are eternal, uncreated, and of huge magnitude.
Commentary - Since the atom or the material point is the unit of space, the spatial point is also called aņu or Atom. Since the five entities, such as Jīvas, etc., mentioned above are capable of occupying space, they are called Kāyas (corporeals); the term Kāya implies relation to many spatial points. Existences that can be so related to space are called by the
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