Himanshu Shekhar Acharya examines the status of darkness (tamas) within the Jain classification of reality. In Jain ontology, pudgala (matter) is one of the five non‑soul substances (ajīvadravyas)…
Himanshu Shekhar Acharya examines how Jain philosophers conceive darkness (tamas). Unlike Hindu schools that see darkness as absence, Jains treat it as a positive quality of matter (pudgala). The…