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Sūtras 16-17]
Substance, Quality, Modes
Subtlety is of two kinds : (1) ultimate and (2) relative. Of these (1) the ultimate (subtlety) belongs to the atom, while (2) the relative (subtlety) is exemplified by the magnitude of a mango with respect to that of a coconut.
Extensity also is of two kinds. Of these, the ultimate (extensity) belongs to the great aggregate (mahāskandha) which pervades the whole cosmic space from end to end. The relative (extensity) is illustrated in the magnitude of a coconut with respect to that of a mango.
Configuration is shape and may be (1) definite, as illustrated in a foursided geometrical figure and the like, and (2) indefinite, that is, possessed of an irregular shape.
Disintegration means disjunction. It is of five kinds (according as it is produced by): (1) splitting as a pod of beans, 2) pounding as flour, (3) breaking into picces as an iron-piece, (4) separation into layers as piercing through mica layers and (5) cleft as on the muddy bottom of a pond.
Darkness is a kind of transformation of material bodies, with the preponderance of black colour.
Reflection is a kind of transformation of material bodies, which is of the nature of an image of an object (e.g. in mirror).
Hot effulgence (ätapa) is the hot illumination of the sun and the like:
Cold effulgence (uddyota) is the cold illumination of the moon and the like. Lustre is the ray emitted by gems and the like."
ese are the attributes of matter, and conversely matter is one that is possessed of these attributes.
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(Aph.) ( pudgala has two forms) : atom and aggregated compounds (bodies). (XVI) १७.. अविभाज्यः परमाणुः । उक्तञ्च - कारणमेव तदन्त्यं, सूक्ष्मो नित्यश्च भवति परमाणुः ।
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१ तेषां पौद्गलिकवस्तूनामन्त्यं कारणमेव । २ कार्यमेव लिंगं यस्य स कार्यलिंगः ।
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