Answer

If you say cooked rice is one dravya, then the salt mixed in it is also dravya, but it is a separate pudgal dravya from the rice.

Explanation

In Jain philosophy:

• Dravya means substance.
• Material things like rice, salt, water, body, air, etc. are all forms of pudgal dravya.
• Cooked rice is made of matter, so it is pudgal dravya.
• Salt is also matter, so it is also pudgal dravya.

But salt does not become the same dravya as rice merely because it is mixed in it. From the Jain viewpoint, rice and salt are different material substances, though practically we may experience them as one food item.

Spiritual Understanding

Jain Dharma carefully distinguishes substances and their modes. Mixing does not destroy the fundamental nature of matter. Salt remains pudgal, rice remains pudgal, and both undergo changes in form, taste, and combination.

Takeaway

The salt in cooked rice is also dravya, specifically pudgal dravya, but it is not the same individual substance as the rice.