Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary)
by Vijay K. Jain | 2018 | 130,587 words | ISBN-10: 8193272625 | ISBN-13: 9788193272626
This page describes the characteristics of substances (dravya-lakshana) which is verse 5.29 of the English translation of the Tattvartha Sutra which represents the essentials of Jainism and Jain dharma and deals with the basics on Karma, Cosmology, Ethics, Celestial beings and Liberation. The Tattvarthasutra is authorative among both Digambara and Shvetambara. This is verse 29 of the chapter The Non-living Substances and includes an extensive commentary.
Verse 5.29 - The characteristics of substances (dravya-lakṣaṇa)
Sanskrit text, Unicode transliteration and English translation of Tattvartha sūtra 5.29:
सत् द्रव्यलक्षणम् ॥ ५.२९ ॥
sat dravyalakṣaṇam || 5.29 ||
The mark (lakṣana) of a substance (dravya) is existence (being or sat). (29)
Hindi Anvayarth:
अन्वयार्थ:
Anvayartha:
Explanation in English from Ācārya Pūjyapāda’s Sarvārthasiddhi:
The special (viśeṣa) characteristics of substances such as the medium of motion (dharma) have been described. But the common (sāmānya) characteristic has not been mentioned. This must be described.
[see sūtra 29 above]