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152 : Scientific Contents in Prākrta Canons
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6. Weightlessness
Distantness 7. Livingness
Nearness 8. Non-livingness
Gravitation 9. Changeability
Liquidity ( casual ) 10. Knowledgeablity
Velocity
Elasticity (b) Specific qualities
(i) Material qualities 1. Touch
Touch 2. Taste
Taste 3. Colour
Colour 4. Smell
Smell 5. Form
Viscosity 6. Non-livingness
Liquidity ( Natural ) *. -
6 from above ( 6-11) (ii) Non-material Qualities 1. Livingness 2. Knowledge
Intelligence 3. Happiness
Happiness 4. Energyness
Effort 5. Formlessness 6. Sight 7. Medium of motion
Sorrow 8. Medium of rest
Desire 9. Medium of Accom
Jealousy modation 10. Medium of Change ( time) Emotion
Merit, goodness (dharma ) Demerit (adharma )
Sound However, Pañcānána's28 categorisation of qualities seems to be better as it maintains only the first five as general qualities and the rest as specific qualities. Here, the merit/demerit are forms of Adrsta and velocity, elasticity and emotions are forms of traits or latencies.
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