Pudgala
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Pudgala is derived from the words 'pud', which is defined as Supplement (Addition /Fusion), and gala, which is defined as Disintegrate, or Division or Fission. Therefore, Pudgalas are best defined as all things that are continuously changing by the process of Supplementation or Disintegration, namely matter.
The individual unit of Pudgala is the material from which all is made called a Paramanu, which, by the process of supplementation, can combine to form what can be roughly said is an aggregate, called a Skandha. It possesses at all times four qualities, namely, a color (varna), a taste (rasa), a smell (gandha), and a certain kind of palpability (sparsha, touch).[2]
In Buddhism, Pudgala means the entity that reincarnates as an individual or person, i.e., the bundle of tendencies that keeps an individual reincarnating until they attain enlightenment.[3]
See also
- Tattva (Jainism)
- Dravya (Jainism)
- Ajiva
- Pudgalavada
- Pancha Bhuta
Notes
- ISBN 81-208-0365-5, p.63
- ^ Jaini 1998, p. 90.
- ISBN 978-81-208-0412-8, p.195n
References
- ISBN 81-208-1578-5
External links
- The Jaina Philosophy, Pudgala, Surendranath Dasgupta, 1940