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परमाणुओ के सयोग से बनता है, इसलिए वास्तव मे वह अनन्तप्रदेशी स्कन्ध है, किन्तु अत्यन्त सूक्ष्म होने के कारण उसे परमाणु कहा गया है। वही क्षेत्रप्रमाण आदि का आदि कारण है।
342. (Q.) What is this Vyavahar paramanu (empirical ultimateparticle of matter)?
(Ans.) Vyavahar paramanu (empirical ultimate-particle of matter) is formed by fusion or integration of infinite times infinite Sukshma paramanus (abstract ultimate-particles of matter).
Elaboration-The basic formative unit of utsedhangul is paramanu (ultimate-particle).
Paramanu or Param (ultimate) + anu (particle) means that particle of matter which is smallest, there is no other particle smaller than this, and that which cannot be further divided.
As paramanu (ultimate-particle) is matter. It has form and attributes like colour, smell, taste and touch But due to its extreme minuteness it is beyond the reach of sense organs of normal human beings However Keval-jnanı (omniscient) and Kshayopashamik-jnanı (one who acquires highest level of avadhi-jnana or extrasensory perception of the physical dimension) see and know it
Paramanu (ultimate-particle of matter) is of two types(1) Sukshma paramanu (abstract ultimate-particle of matter), and (2) Vyavahar paramanu (empirical ultimate-particle of matter) As the first is out of context here, it is marked as worth being ensconced As it is formed by infinite sukshma paramanus (abstract ultimate-particles of matter), the vyavahar paramanu (empirical ultimate-particle of matter) is in fact an aggregate of infinite space-points However, as it is extremely minute it is called paramanu (ultimate-particle) This vyavahar paramanu (empirical ultimate-particle of matter) is the basic unit of area and other dimensional measures
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३४३. (१) से णं भंते ! असिधारं वा खुरधारं वा ओगाहेज्जा ?
हंता ओगाहेज्जा ।
सेणं तत्थ छिज्जेज्ज वा भिज्जेज्ज वा ?
नो इट्टे समट्ठे, नो खलु तत्थ सत्थं कमति ।
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