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Ajiva (Sanskrit) is
anything that has no soul or life, the
polar opposite of "jīva" (soul).
Because ajiva has no life, it does not ac****ulate
karma and...
- conscious, or
sentient beings (jīva) and the non-living or
material entities (
ajīva). Jain
texts discuss numerous philosophical topics such as cosmology, epistemology...
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According to the
major Jain text
Tattvartha Sutra,
these are: Jiva – Souls.
Ajiva –
Soulless objects.
Asrava –
Influx of karma.
Bandha – The
bondage of karma...
- (adharma),
space (ākāśa) and time (kāla). The
latter five are
united as the
ajiva (the non-living). As per the
Sanskrit etymology,
dravya means substances...
- (adharma),
space (ākāśa), and time (kāla). The last five are
united as the
ajiva (non-living).
Jains distinguish a
substance from a
complex body or thing...
- say, "jiva and
ajiva are not related" and "jiva and
ajiva are related".
Jains state that jiva
attaches itself to
karmic particles (
ajiva)
which means there...
- at the core of Jain
philosophy which separates Jiva (soul or life) from
Ajiva (non-soul).
According to Jain cosmology, the
whole universe is made up of...
- of rest (adharma), and the
principle of time (kāla). It
falls into the
Ajiva category,
divided into two parts:
Loakasa (the part
occupied by the material...
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seven tattva are: Jīva – The soul
which is
characterized by consciousness.
Ajīva – The non-soul.
Asrava –
Influx of karma.
Bandha – The
bondage of karma...
- reality). In the Jain tradition,
existence consists of jīva (soul, ātman) and
ajīva (non-soul, anātman), the
latter consisting of five categories:
inert non-sentient...
