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Source: archive.org: Anekanta Jaya Pataka of Haribhadra SuriPudgalāstikāya (पुद्गलास्तिकाय) refers to one of the five Astikāyas or “aggregate of pradeśas”, as occurring in the Anekāntajayapatākā-prakaraṇa, a Śvetāmbara Jain philosophical work written by Haribhadra Sūri.—[Cf. Vol. I, P. 370, l. 23]—‘Astikāya’ is usually interpreted as an aggregate of pradeśas. All the dravyas except time are so designated, and hence their number is five according to the Śvetāmbaras and the Digambaras as well. The five astikāyas are: jīvāstikāya, dharmāstikāya, adharmāstikāya, ākāśāstikāya and pudgalāstikāya. [...] Pudgalāstikāya means ‘matter’ and it has colour, taste, smell and touch. Of the six dravyas this is the only dravya of which the pradeśas get separated from the original substance. Thus it is the only dravya which has paramāṇus. Each and every paramāṇu, is mūrta i.e. it has colour etc. As stated on p. 22 it has one kind of taste out of five, one kind of smell out of two, one kind of colour out of five, and two types of touch (out of foul viz hot and cold, smooth and tough), and it is inferred from its product (say a jar). It occupies one pradeśa, and it has a sparśana (touch) of seven pradeśas (vide p. 19). [...] The Vaiśeṣikas believe that a paramāṇu is associated with colour etc which are amūrta See p 24, ll. 28-29.
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Partial matches: Pudgala, Astikaya.
Full-text: Astikaya, Purkalastikayam, Dharmastikaya, Akashastikaya, Adharmastikaya, Jivastikaya, Pudgala.
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