Concept of Matter in Jaina Philosophy

SR No.: 001663
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: J C Sikdar
Publisher: P V Research Institute Varanasi
Publication Year: 1987
Total Pages: 412
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Philosophy, & Physics
File Size: 23 MB

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The Concept of Matter in Jaina Philosophy
varieties of transformation, e. g, the things like salt, resinous substance, etc., can be apprehended by the four senses, viz. the senses of sight, of touch, of taste and of smell, but they can also be apprehended by only the senses of taste and smell because of its being diluted into water. 1
As to the point of the cause of the origination of intangible skandha (molecule) it is explained that the three causes of the origination of skandha have been discussed in general way in the twenty-sixth aphorism "Sanghātabhedebhya utpadyante”here only the particular discussion is made on the causes of becoming of particular skandha or of the origination of a perceptible skandha from its imperceptible state. For this reason, according to that general rule, the causes of the origination of acākṣusa skandha (imperceptible molecule) are only three, viz. bheda, sanghāta and bhedasangbāta (disintegration, integration and disintegration-integration).
KINDS OF PUDGALAPARIŅĀMA (TRANS
FORMATION OF MATTER) There are mainly ten kinds of paramānus2 taking place in Matter, viz. varṇapariņāma (transformation of
1. Ta eva bādarāsta eva ca punaḥ sūksmā iti, yato vicitrapari
pāmāḥ pudgalāḥ kadācid-bādarapariņāmamanubhūya jaladharasātakratucāpasaudāminilavaṇasakalādikamatha paścādalaksaniyapariņāmamātmasvarūpāvasthādasyabhāvamatisükşmamādadate karaṇāntaragrahaņalaksaņatām vā bhajante lavaṇahinguprabhịtayaḥ sūcaniyapariņāmasca jantivā punarapi viyati paritaḥ sakaladigantarā varodhivāri
dharasvādinā sthūlenākāreņa pariņamante, TS., p. 373. 2. Pamcavihe poggalapariņāme pannatte tamjahā vanna
pariņāme gamdhapariņāme rasapariņāme phāsapariņāme and samthāņa pariņāme, BhS., 8. 10. 355; Ajivapariņāme...dasavihe paộnatte tamjabā - bamdhapari