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196 : Scientific Contents in Prākrta Canons
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Table 1 : Types of Atomic Aggregates (Bhagavati )14. Aggregate type T ouch Taste Smell Colour Total 1. Diatomic
9 15 3 15 42 2. Triatomic 25
120 3. Tetratomic 36 906
90 222 4. Pentatomic 36 141 6 141 324 5. Hexatomic
36 186 6 186 414 6. Septatomic
36 216 6 216 474 7. Octatomic 36 231
231 504 8. Nonatomic
36 236 6 236 514 9. Decatomic 36 237
237 516 10. Infinite atomic-fine 398 237
237 878 11. Infinite atomic- 1296 237 6 237 1786
gross
Table 2 : Various Classifications of Aggregates or Skandhas.
No. Classes Names
in two
o ww
Gross and fine, small and large 2. 3 Skandha, Skandha-desa, Skandha-pradeśa
Transformable by internal, external & mixed
cause. 4. 6 Gross-gross, gross, gross-fine, fine-gross, fine,
Gross-ar
fine-fine. 2321 Twenty three variforms ( detailed earlier ). 53022 With reference to five qualities as primary and
secondary ( detailed earlier ). The second classification is based on structure of mattergy in general ( which is of four types ) where three out of four varieties should be aggregates'8. Accordingly, the canonical atomic sizes should be less than one-fourth the size of an aggregate at the minimum level. Here one is unable to guess the meaning of an aggregate whether it is diatomic or polyatomic. If it is diatomic as a minimum, the skandhadeśa will
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