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DHARSIA AND ETHER of their motion is they themselves but the immediate cause is to be searched The land, the water etc, are not pervading the entire universe while the motion exists throughout the universe The air etc, are themselves mobile The space peryades not only the inhabited universe but also the uninhabited universe, but the motion of the sould and matter seem to be confined to inhabiteed universe only. The time is independent of motion and pervades only a part of universe Not a single one of the known substances can thus be, a medium of motion. Hence, the concept of an independent Dharmadravya is absolutely natural and reasonable The Nature Of Assistance given by Dharmastikaya
Shri Kundakundacharya, describing how Dharmadravya assists the souls and matter in their motions, writes in Panchastıkayasara "Dharmastikaya' neither moves by itself nor creates motion in other things but its function is to act as the substitute of motion of soul and matter "Exactly as water is passive to the movement of fishes so, the Dharmadravya itself immobile is the 'sinqua non' of motion of souls and matter.
Sindhanta Chakravarti Shri Nemichandra suri writes "As water helps the movement of moving fish, so does the medium Dharmadravya help the motion of matter and soul But it does not 'inspire' the stationary bodies to move."
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