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(iv) Does matter not taken in the past nor likely to be
taken hereafter assimilate ?
And answers :
(i) Matter taken in the past has assimilated. (ii) Matter that's being taken now assimilates. (iii) Matter not taken in the past, but likely to be taken
hereafter has not yet assimilated. (iv) Matter not taken in the past, nor likely to be taken
hereafter did not and does not assimilate.
And so on for all items, four questions and four answers.
30. Vagganā' is variety or type of matter. Eight varieties are mentioned, viz., gross (audārika), fluid (vaikriya), intake/assimilative (ähāraka), caloric (taijasa), expression (bhāsā), respiration (śvasocchväsa), mind (manaḥ) and kārman. Clusters of atoms, gross, fluid, assimilative, caloric and kärman, build up five types of body-forms around the soul and the remaining three impart expression, respiration and thinking. They are stated in an order headed by the coarsest variety called 'gross', then tending to be finer, the finest of all being *kārman'. A broad demarcation will be :
Variety of matter
gross
fuid
caloric
assimi- lative
expre- ssion
respira- mind kärman tion
Sūtra here, the consideration
relates to kärman
In the vaggana.
31. Following intake of matter-particles, discussion now starts on how to get rid of them occupying soul-spaces. Terms relevant in the process, which have already been noted, are sepa
