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have elucidated and clarified it elsewhere. So, we refrain from its detailed treatment here. The age of Āgamas is followed by the age of Anekānta or Logic. The Jaina theoreticians of the Age of Logic excluded the alternatives in plural and formulated the wellknown Saptabhangi. It suffices to suggest this much at this juncture.
Now let us see as to which of the alternatives are applicable in the case of an atom etc. (781-789):
1. Any loose atom 1 alternative No. 3 2. A physical aggregate of 2 atoms 2 alternatives = Nos. 1 and 3 3. A physical aggregate of 3 atoms 4 alternatives = Nos. 1, 3, 9,
11 4. A physical aggregate of 4 atoms 7 alternatives = Nos. 1, 3, 9,
10, 11, 12, 23 5. A physical aggregate of 5 atoms 11 alternatives = Nos. 1, 3, 7,
9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 23, 24, 25 6. A physical aggregate of 6 atoms 154 alternatives = Nos. 1, 3, 7,
8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 19, 23, 24, 25, 26 7. A physical aggregate of 7 atoms 17 alternatives = Nos. 1, 3, 7,
8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26 8. A physical aggregate of 8 atoms 18 alternatives = Nos. 1, 3, 7,
8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 9. A physical aggregate of 9 to samkhyāta atoms, of asamkhyāta
atoms and of ananta atoms 18 alternatives = Nos. 1, 3, 7, 8, 9 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26
The Problem of Features carama etc. in connection with
Structure or Figuration The five classes of structures viz. a class of globular structures etc. (791), their sub-classes (792), the number of their constituent atoms (793), their extent of pervasiveness (or size) (794) and their features carama etc. (797) are considered in the order of their mention here. And at last relative numerical strength of their features carama etc. is also calculated (802-806). The summary of all this exposition is as follows :
The five classes of structure are (1) a class of globular structures, (2) that of circular structures, (3) that of triangular structures, (4) that of quadrangular structures, (5) that of oblong structures (791). Each class consists of ananta individual
4. According to some theoreticians here there are 14 alternatives. Hence
they reject the 8th one. Ibid, folio 238 B. 5. Even the 8[5]th sutra suggests that there are five types of structure,
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| SR No. | 001064 |
| Book Title | Agam 15 Upang 04 Pragnapana Sutra Part 02 |
| Original Sutra Author | Shyamacharya |
| Author | Punyavijay, Dalsukh Malvania, Amrutlal Bhojak |
| Publisher | Mahavir Jain Vidyalay |
| Publication Year | 1971 |
| Total Pages | 934 |
| Language | Prakrit |
| Classification | Book_Devnagari, Agam, Canon, Metaphysics, & agam_pragyapana |
| File Size | 16 MB |