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The Jaina world of Non-living
Qualitative nature of entities
Quantitative Character No. of Charges
Similar
Dis-similar
T.S. No
Dhavlä No
No
No
No
Yes
Yes
T.S. Dhavlā Minimum + Minimum No No Minimum + more than No No minimum Similar + Similar
No No (but more than minimum) Non-minimum + (non- No No minimum +1) Non-minimum + (non- Yes Yes minimum + 2) Non-minimum + (non- No No* minimum + 3 or more)
No
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
6.
No
Yes
The table indicates that the rules in Dhavla seem to be somewhat differing from these aphorisms. The Dhavla rules seem to be better in tune with current concepts. 3. The Švetāmbara version concurs mostly with Dhavlā with an additional bond possibility in case of dis-similar entities of category 2 and similar categories of category 6 above marked with * Vidyānanda also seems to support Dhavlä. Its view, therefore, differs from Akalanka, Pūjyapāda and Kundakunda. Three points of difference are notable (a) Bonding between minimum and non-minimum charged entities. (b) Bonding between quantitatively dissimilar but similar entities. (c) Bonding between similar or dis-similar entities differing in charges by two or more than two. 4. These bonding rules apply to atoms and aggregates or mattergic combinations in general. However, they have not been illustrated with common examples. 5. The bonding rules given above may be taken as precursors of modern electronic theory of valency. It postulates three types of bonding :
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