Jain Studies and Science

SR No.: 006923
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Mahaveer Raj Gelada
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati
Publication Year: 2007
Total Pages: 272
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 6 MB

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92 / JAIN STUDIES AND SCIENCE
It must be noted here that there is a restriction on having both the touches of same pair. Another important observation is that all the four broad categories mentioned above have three other attributes, namely, taste, hue and odour. Infinite varieties of dions stem out of the fact that the quantity of the attributes in them may range from one unit to infinite units.
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Bahu-Pradeshi Skandh or Quadons - These pudgals are one step higher in the hierarchy. Two or more dions combine to form 'multitouch clusters' typically named as Bahu-Pradeshi Skandh in the Jain literatures. These clusters, now, can possess all the four touches thus are christened as quadons. These quadons, since are made up of multiple dions, have all the four touches, namely, positive-negative and hot-cold. Quadons could comprise a minimum of two up to a maximum of infinite dions. When there are infinite dions joining together, it is known as “Anant-Pradeshi Skandh'. These quadons with infinite dions again come together to constitute an entity which is the first step of migration from micro towards macro world.
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Anant-Anant-Pradeshi Skandh or Octons - From this state onwards, the state of pudgal is such that it possesses eight touches - four primary ones, positive-negative and hot-cold, and four secondary touches namely, light-heavy and soft-hard. Out of the four secondary touches, the former two are responsible for the constitution of mass of the octons. It, thus, turns out that the Jains do not consider mass as the primary property of a pudgal, but it manifests only after the formation of octons from the relatively massless quadons and dions.
2.2. Mass of Pudgals
This brings us to the second method of classification applicable to the pudgals based on mass
Sukshma (Micro) - As far as dions and quadons are concerned, they do not have light-heavy attributes, thus are mass-less. They are so subtle that they do not obey certain principles of physics. One important example is that they are capable of attaining infinite
speeds far beyond the physical limit of speed of light. After treating mass as essential quality of matter, even science is convinced that certain facts can be explained only if massless particles are treated as