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the characteristic of which is immobility (thāṇa-lakkh. ...). [3] The characteristic of the fundamental entity space (āgāsa) is location (avagahaṇā-lakkh. ...); it indeed establishes the 'receptacles' (bhāyaṇa) of living and lifeless matter (jīva- and ajīvadavva); one gaha. [4] The characteristic of the fundamental entity soul (jiva) is the spiritual function (uvaoga-lakkh. ...) which reveals itself in the different knowledges etc., ref. to II 10. [5] The characteristic of the fundamental entity matter (poggala) is appropriation (gahaṇa-lakkh. ...) viz the attraction of different bodies and bodily functions effected by the beings.
4b (609a) Possibilities of contact (puṭṭha) of one unit (paesa) of a fundamental entity with units of the same or of another fundamental entity and with units of measured time (addhasamaya):
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The text (609b) also enumerates the possibilities of contact of 2 ... 10, X, and co units of matter. As a rule any given number (n) of poggala-paesas is touched by at least 2n + 2 and at most 5n+ 2 dhamma- and ahamma-paesas, by 5n+ 2 āgāsap., by oo jiva- and poggala-p. and, if at all, by ∞o addha-samayas".
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