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The Concept of Matter in Jaina Philosophy
in Jaina metaphysics, in the light of physics, reveals that the features of the nature of Jaina Pudgala (Matter) are similar to those of Matter of the physical sciences to a considerable extent, though they differ on the point of grahaņaguna (capacity to be received by Soul) of the former.
The above discussion on the concept of Matter in Jaina philosophy with a synthetic view of all other Indian concepts of Matter and that of Western metaphysics and physics shows how the problem was dealt with by the Jainācāryas in the absence of scientific verifying data of modern sciences about Matter which exists in space and continues in time with its static and dynamic forces in the cosmic Universe.
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