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Bal 65/3, Tas-federe 7. Based on the permutation and combination of 5 colours, 5 tastes, 2
smell and 4 touches, Jain Agams describe 5 x 5 x 2 x 4 = 200 types of Parmanu34. Modern science claims to have discovered 104 varieties.
All heavy atoms unstable and radioactive. 8. Sound, light, heat etc. are upkar of parmanu.
Jain Agams35 describe four types of Parmanui. DravyaParmanu (Atom) ii. KshetraParmanu (Pradesh) iii. KaalParmanu (Samaya) and iv. Bhav Parmanu (Karman Parmanu)
The last type represents what scientists call as phonons or mechanical energy quanta .In agamic language it is called karma which can bind with Atman. The binding force depends on the intensity of anger, emotions, psychological reactions etc Therefore. Mahavir, emphasizes on nonattachment and renunciation. One should live in a family and in the society with a feeling of oneness. 10. Conclusion
Even a casual look at Jain Agams reveals that Jainism is not a religion or philosophy in the conventional sense, but it is science of Creation and Evolution'. Bhagwan Mahavir established a new order of spiritualism in whichGod has no place and the evolution of living beings including humans up to the level of Nirvana is possible through the path of knowledge and right conduct.
Bhagwan Mahavirsaid Universe is not created by God. Universe has no beginning and no end. It is material part of theeternal gravitation field called Akas or Cosmic space. The perceptible manifestation of Akas appears as atoms and consciousness. All living and nonliving objects found in the universe are created by atoms and consciousness. The fundamental governing principle of creation is - Upneiva, Vigneiva, Dhruveiva' which is known as law of conservation of mass and energy in modern science. In the creation infinite varieties of substances are formed but in this process Atoms and soul are conserved. No new atom is created and no new soul is borne. One type of Dravya cannot be produced from another dravya. In other words Jeev is produced by Jeev and Ajeev is produced by ajeev. This is the second principle of creation. Biologists call the second principle as Biogenesis of life in which life is produced only by existing life.
The most significant statement of Mahavir is about the dual nature of matter what the Agams call as Bheda-bhed (Dual Nature) characteristics of all dravya whether Rupior Arupi. Thus by Bhed dristi the dravya is either made of parmanu (atoms) or pradesha (Field Elements). By Abhed dristi except Kaal (Time), all other dravyaare Astikaya, i.e. they are
