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178 : Scientific Contents in Prākṛta Canons
Table 16 Bonding in Matter. Bonding or Union
Natural
(i) With beginning ( fire, rainbow etc.) (ii) Without beginning (bonding in non-material bodies: 9 types: Soul, Space-points, many souls, largest aggregates
Union of
bodies
15 types
Fastening
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Experimental
Union between material objects
Painting
(i) Kārmic bond
Adhesion
Union between
material and
living objects
(ii) Quasikärmic
The details of union of bodies and embodied are given by Akalanka 7. However, his classification differs from Bhagavati which maintains that experimental bonding has three varieties without beginning and end, with beginning and without end and with beginning and end. The last variety has four subclasses instead of Akalankas five. The second sub-class known as Alina has four varieties including painting and adhesion. It also includes jointing and heightening. The jointing may be partial or total. Also, the Sariri ( embodied ) bond is termed as śarira-prayoga or body-using bond. Some details are also different in Bhagavati. However, it seems Akalanka has simplified the classification.
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Ligamentation ( embodied)
2 types with
or without beginning
The atomic bonding does not seem to be included in the above but they could be included in the variety of material bondings. Though they have both types of bonding processes. Their bonding may be partial or total and subject to certain rules described in later section. The other four varieties of bond
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