Jiva

MIND, MATTER AND GOD : JIVA, JADA AND ISVARA
M.M.NINAN
of the living entities who lie dormant prior to creation, since these reactions are each
jiva's own and cannot be transferred from them even to other jīvas, what to speak of
inert atoms. According to Vaiśeṣikas, all actions are governed by previous causes that
act as unseen potencies. This chain of previous action and the present condition
influences the creation and destruction of the individual as well as the world.
He was also the author of the treatise Kashyap Samhita, or 'Jivakiya Tantra’, which is
considered, a classical reference book on Ayurveda especially in the fields of Ayurvedic
pediatrics, gynecology and obstetrics showing how the scientific development came
with the scientific approach to nature.
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