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that time, does it meet obstruction (from the stream)? (Answer): such incident is not possible, the weapon (of stream) does not prevail there indeed.
343 [5]. Should, O Lord, it bathe into the whirlpool of water or a drop of water? Yes, it does bathe. At that time, does it rot or dissolve (in water)? (Answer) such incident is not possible, the weapon (of water) does not prevail there indeed. (On this, a verse runs) :
The omniscients call that an atom which is not capable of being pierced through or broken (into pieces) even by a very sharp weapon; that (they call) the first unit of standard (of measurement) //100//
344. By the integration of the assemblage of groups of infinite practical material atoms, there arise gradually (what is) called a very very fine (ussanhasanhiya), or (what is) called a very fine (sanhasanhiya), or (what is) called a floating mote (uddhareņu), or (what is) called a mote (tasareņu), or (what is) called a mote raised by chariot (rahareņu). eight ussanhasanhiyās make one sanhasanhiya,
eight sanhasanhiyās make one uḍḍhareņu,
eight uldhareņus make one tasareņū,
eight tasarenus make one rahareņu,
eight rahareņūs make one vălagga (hair-tip) of the human beings of Devakuru and Uttarakuru,
eight valaggas of the human beings of Devakuru and Uttarakuru are equal to one valagga of the human beings of Harivasa and Rammagavasa,
eight valaggas of the human beings of Harivassa and Rammayavāsa are equal to one valagga of the human beings of Hemavayavasa and Heraṇṇavayavāsa,
eight valaggas of the human beings of Hemavayavasa and Herannavayavasa are equal to one valagga of the human beings of Puvvavideha and Avaravideha,
eight valaggas of the human beings of Puvvavideha and Avaravideha are equal to one valagga of the human beings of Bharaha and Eravaya,
eight valaggas of the human beings of Bharaha and Eravaya are equal to one likkha (nit),
eight likkhās are equal to one juyā (louse),
eight juyas make one javamajjha (middle part of a barley corn), eight javamajjhas make one ussehamgula (the breadth of a finger). 345. By this standard of amgula
six amgulas make one pada,
