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Combination of Matter
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In the process of combination the equal and higher degrees of property transform equal and lower ones respectively. In the case of equal degree of property the combination of similar constituents does not take place, but there occurs the combination of dissimilar constituents, e, g. the combination of two degrees of cohesiveness with two degrees of dryness or three degrees of cohesiveness with three degrees of dryness. In such case, some particular equal degree of property transforms another equal degree of property into its own nature. That is to say, according to substance, field, time and condition, cohesiveness sometimes transforms dryness into cohesiveness and sometimes dryness also transforms cohesiveness into dryness, having equal degree of property. But in most cases the higher degrees of property can transform the lower ones into their own nature, e. g. the five degrees of cohesiveness, i. e. three degrees of cohesiveness turn into the magnitude of five degrees by the nature of relation. Like this the five degrees of cohesiveness transform the three degrees of dryness into own nature. When dryness is more, then it also transforms cohesiveness of less degree into its own nature.3
According to the Digambara tradition in which the reading is “Bandhe adhikau pāriņāmikau ca", it is not desirable that 1. Bandhe samādhikau pārināmikau, TS., V. 36. 2. Bandhe sati samagunasya samaguņapariņāmako bhavati
adhikaguno hinasyeti, TS., Bhā., V. 36, p. 426. 3. Sati bandhe---samghattalaksaņe visrasādvāreņa tulyaguņo
dviguņasnigdhastulyagunastaddviguņarūkşasya pariņāmakaḥ svamatena snehaguņena rūksaguņamātmasātkaroti, evam rūksagunaḥ kadācit pariņāmakaḥ, svagatena rūkşagunena snehaguņamātmasātkaroti pariņāmayatiti, guņasāmye tu sadršānām bandhapratişedhaḥ, imau tu visadṛśaveko dviguņasnigdho anyo dviguņarūksaḥ, sneharūkşayośca bhinnajātiyatvānnāsti sāděśyam, tathā adhikaguṇaḥtriguņasnigdho hinaguṇasya ekaguņasnigdhasya pariņamayitā, anena hyekaguņasnigdhastriguņasnigdhatāmāpadyate, TS., pp. 426-27.
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