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Tattvartha Sutra
Tattvartha Sutra
VARTANA-PARINAMH KRIYA PARATVAPARTVE CH KALASYA 5-22 = Characteristics of time (kala)
UTPAD-VYAY-DHROVYYUKTAM SAT 5-29 Origination, destruction and maintenance (or continuity) are the constituents of reality
1) Vartana= Changes brought about by time and during the lapse of time. (rice will be cooked after certain time'- this is Vartana)
REALITY
time.
2) Parinama= The resultant change or end product of ( A small seed becomes a tree- this is Parinama).
Transitory nature
Permanent state
3) Kriya= The motion or happening
Continuation of the substance
It has origination
It gets destroyed
4) Partva-apartva=The relativity of past and present.
SAPARS-RAS-GANDH-VARNAVANTH PUDGALAH 5-23 = Matter possesses the qualities of touch, taste, smell and colour.
MATTER
TOUCH
TASTE
SMELL
COLOUR
Entities have two aspects. These include their modes i.e. whether they are present or destroyed, implying their impermanent or transitory nature ) and their qualities (i.e. in their permanent state). An entity is permanent because of its' continuation' aspect, but it is also transitory or impermanent because it can be destroyed or re-generated. Therefore an entity has neither one nor the other aspect, but both This is often described as-- Permanence-amidst-transformation.
- --------- DBHAVAVYAYAM NITYAM 5-30 = Matter which never destroys itself or re-generates itself is eternal (that is, it has 'root-characteristics). As stated in the above aphorism, matter has an aspect of permanence (or continuation) built into it. This is termed dhrovyam. The qualities of permanence and impermanence are ever-present.
Hard, soft
Bitter, sweet etc. Good, bad etc. Red, white etc.
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ANAVH SKANDHASCH 5-25 = Matter is either in form of atom(s) or aggregates.
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