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The Concept of Matter in Jaina Philosophy
front may be considered to be a new source of disturbance from which spherical wave-lets issue.”? Here is the point which is explained by Jaina philosophy in this way that parāghāta bhāsādravyas (generated sound-particles or waves by striking) increase infinitefold and expand and go in a straight line, a: curved line and a parallel line or in mixed line to all directions.
BANDHA (BINDING) Bandha is the binding of various forms of substance by the force of which they draw together and stick. It is of two kinds, viz. vaisrasika (natural) and prāyogika (mechanical or that brought about by human efforts). The first one is caused by the mixture of smooth and rough particles of matter (i. e. positive and negative electric charges) in lightning, meteoric showers, rainfall, fire, rainbow, etc. The second one is twofold combination of non-living things and combination of living and non-living substances, as for instance, the combination of non-living things, resin, wood and so on. Jivājsvavisayabandha (combination of living and non-living objects) may result from (i) karma producing eight kinds of bondage corresponding to eight kinds of karma, viz. (i) jnanavaraniyakarma (knowledge-onscuring karma up to antaräyakarma (energyhindering karma) and (ii) no-karma (which aids the fruition of karmas), which is classified into ālāpana (fastening of a rope,
1. Physics—Principles and Applications, p. 552.
Reflection of Waves; “The law of reflection for a wave front incident upon a smooth obstructing surface may be obtained by application of Huygens' principle (Physics, p. 553) Refraction of Waves; “When a wave front passes obliquely from one medium into another in which it travels with a different velocity, its direction will change. This is. the phenomena of refraction.” Ibid., p. 556.
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