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electricity, wind etc. All different forms of energies are nothing but simple or complex manifestations of these "Pudgalas” and their formations.
The second in the series are the "Atoms”. These "Atoms” are constituted by a combination of a number of ions or the electrons, Protons etc. in a particular set up, so as to have and possess separate and distictive existance with specified fundamental characteristics, nature and quality for any particular and specific internal structure formation, set up and arrangement.
Thirdly:- atoms combine to form the “Molecule” which exhibit all the qualities of any substance without being further subdevided in its constituent atoms. As a matter of fact we are mainly concerned with these Molecules which are called “Vargana" (ariur) in the Jain Philosophy. Existance of ions, electrons and protons has also been demonstrated, proved and accepted, by the modern scientists, through their manifestations in electricity, cosmic and other rays and in various other ways. Their definition, conception and exposition, as given by the modern scientists verywell confirm and