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Concept of Matter in Jaina Philosophy
one equal degree of property transforms another equal of property into its own nature. But it avers that in the process of combination the higher degrees transform the lower ones.1 For example, "treacle full of sweetness transforms particles of dust, etc., that surround it, by imparting its sweetness to them. Similarly, higher degrees transform lower degrees. So greasiness and dryness of four degrees, etc., transform greasiness and dryness of two degrees. For that reason the previous state disappears and another state of four degrees is manifested. Thus combination (oneness) is produced. Otherwise the two would appear separate in spite of union, as in the case of a cloth woven with black and white yarn.""
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COMBINATION AND SEPARATION OF ULTIMATE ATOMS AND MOLECULES
In the Jaina Agama Bhagavati Vyakhyāprajñapti a detailed account of combination and separatian of ultimate atoms and molecules having two units up to infinite units (pradeśas) has been given in a systematic way. As for example, two ultimate atoms combine together because of their property of cohesiveness (force of attraction); they may disintegrate into two discrete units (atoms) by the process of disintegration (i. e. by the force of repulsion); thus they become individual discreteultimate atoms again. In this way three ultimate atoms com1. Bandhe adhikau pāriṇāmikau ca, SS., V. 37. 2. Reality, p. 161;
Yathā klinno gudo' adhikamadhurarasaḥ parītānāṁ reṇvādinām svaguṇotpadanāt pariņāmikaḥ, tatha'anyo'apyadhikaguṇaḥ alpiyasaḥ pāriņāmika iti kṛtvā, dviguṇādisnigdharūkṣasya caturguṇādisnigdharūkṣaḥ pāriņāmiko bhavati tataḥ pūrvävasthapracyavanapūrvakaṁ tārtÏyikamavasthāpradurbhavatItyekatvamupapadyate. itaratha hi śuklakṛṣṇatantuvat samyoge satyasyapāriņāmikatvātsarvam viviktarūpeṇaivavatiṣṭheta, SS., 5.27 (Comm).
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3. BhS., I. 10. 80.
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