Indian Philosophy v2.c24.s19.40

v2.c24.s19.40

A distinction is made between eternal and non-eternal substances. Whatever depends on something else is not eternal. Compound substances (avayavidravyas) are dependent and transitory. Simple substances have the characteristics of eternity, independence and ultimate individuality.⁵ They are neither caused nor destroyed. Non-eternal substances are caused and destroyed not by themselves but by something different from themselves.⁶