Dravyavargana, Dravyavargaṇā, Dravya-vargana: 1 definition
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Source: archive.org: Anekanta Jaya Pataka of Haribhadra SuriDravyavargaṇā (द्रव्यवर्गणा) refers to a “vargaṇā from the standpoint of dravya” (and not from those of kṣetra), as occurring in the Anekāntajayapatākā-prakaraṇa, a Śvetāmbara Jain philosophical work written by Haribhadra Sūri.—[Cf. Vol. I, P. 370, ll. 6 & 16]—‘Dravyavargaṇā’ is a vargaṇā from the standpoint of dravya and not from those of kṣetra etc. See “Notes’’(pp 250-251) P 370, l. 20 ‘Dharmāstikāya’ is one of the the six dravyas of Jainism. Its function is to help the animate and inanimate objects in their motion without compelling or impelling them to resort to motion. Dharmāstikāya consists of pradeśas as it is an astikāya. For details see p 382,1 25 and The Jaina Religion and Literature (p 53)
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