Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s7.t8.38

v1.c7.s7.t8.38

Jainism also tackles the issue of “time”. *Tattvarthadhigamasutra* 5.22 says, “The function of time is to assist substances in their continuity of being (through gradual changes), in their modifications, in their actions and in their proximity and non-proximity in time”, which represent an important Jain theory on the forms of existence of things.