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Bhagavai 5:7:165-168 Just as a cluster of three paramāņus was made to touch a cluster of three paramāņus, so it should be related to a cluster of four ..... up to infinite number of paramāņus atoms. The same description as in the case of a cluster of three paramāņus touching others holds good in the cage of a cluster of four.... up to infinite number of paramāņus.
Bhāsya 1. Sūtras 165-168
To the query whether when a paramānu (ultimate atom) touches another one, the touch takes place between whole and whole or between a part and a part, there arise nine alternatives, of which the first eight were stated impossible by Lord Mahāvīra; only one—the ninth one was stated possible. The reason is that the paramānu is partless, so a paramāņu touches another one completely.' It is not possible to imagine contact between a part and parts.
The nine alternatives are given in the following table
By a part (1-3) By parts (4-6) By the whole (7-9)
A part
Parts The whole
A part
Parts The whole
A part Parts
The whole
The Vrtti has raised a question--"If a paramāņu touches another parumāņu as a whole touching the whole, then two paramāņus will transform into unitary entity. Thus no combination of paramāņu will result in any composite entity (cluster) like a jar." The answer is that
(1) When two paramānus join each other, they do not join half-and-half. There is simply addition of (1+1), not identification of one with another. The identification of the paramānu will make the creation of a cluster (say a jar) impossible. But the addition rebuts that possibility, i.e. absence of creation of a new entity.
(2) When a paramāņu touches a cluster of two paramānus, there are two alternatives-(1) a part by the whole and (2) a part by the part. When the cluster of two paramāņus occupies two ākāśa-pradeśas (space-points), the paramāņu as a whole touches a part of the cluster of two paramāņus; but when the cluster of two paramūnus transforms itself into a subtler entity capable of occupying a single space-point, and then the contact is between the whole and the whole.
(3) When a paramānu touches a cluster of three paramānus, there are three alternatives—
(1) the whole touching a part (2) the whole touching two parts
(3) the whole touching the whole. Explanation:
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| SR No. | 006599 |
| Book Title | Agam 05 Ang 05 Bhagvati Vyakhya Prajnapti Sutra Part 02 Bhagvai Terapanth |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Tulsi Acharya, Mahapragna Acharya, Mahendramuni, Nathmal Tatia |
| Publisher | Jain Vishva Bharati |
| Publication Year | 2009 |
| Total Pages | 740 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English, Agam, Canon, & agam_bhagwati |
| File Size | 20 MB |