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SUTRA 37. बन्धेऽधिको पारिणामिकौ च ॥३७॥
BANDHEDHIKAU PĀRIŅAMIKAU CA. [37] (बन्धे अधिकगुणौ पुद्गलौ परमाणू वा स्कंधौ पारिणामिकौ च भवतः ।)
(In the process of union an elementary particle, an atom or a molecule with a higher degree of snigdharva or ruksatva absorbs into itself the one with a lower degree.) The same view is expressed in Gommaja-sära.
णिद्धिदरगणा अहिया हीणं परिणामयंति बंधम्मि।
संखेज्जासंखेज्जाणंतपदेसाण . खंधाणं ।। 345 (In molecules of finite, infinite and transfinite atoms, the atoms with greater degrees of Snigdhatva or ruksatva when uniting alter the atoms of lesser degree to their own kind.) In Svetämbara text the sūtra reads as follows :
बन्धे समाधिको पारिणामिको (बन्धे सति समगुणस्य समगुणः परिणामको भवति, अधिकगुणो MIESTO 13:46
As referred to on page 161 ante the Svetämbara text admits the possibility of union between dissimilar particles or atoms with equal degrees of snigdhaiva and ruksatva the present Sutra is also modified in conformity with the previous view and it says that the union between dissimilar particles of equal degrees of snigdharva and ruksatva will produce a neutral particle or an atom whereas in the union of an atom of a higher degree with one of a lower degree, the character of the latter will be converted into that of the former.
in the formation of the neutron (see p. 71 ante there appears to be a compromise between the Digambara and the Svetāmbara views. The binding energies of the proton and the electron are very much different but the resulting atom is neutral (Samaguṇaḥ).
"Each atom carries into its combination two things : first
345. Gommaja-sara. (Jivak anda] 619. 346. Tauvartha-su ira, Bhusva on sutra 5.37.
