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Jainism : Through Science Mahāvir, the 24th Tirthankar of Jainism and his first disciple Sri Indrabhūti Gautam. It is as follows: परमाणुपोग्गले णं भंते ! लोगस्स पुरथिमिल्लाओ चरिमंताओ पच्चत्थिमिल्लं चरिमंतं एगसमएणं गच्छति, पच्चत्थिमिल्लाओ चरिमंताओ पुरथिमिल्लं चरिमंतं एगसमएणं गच्छति, दाहिणिलाओ चरिमंताओ उत्तरिल्लं जाव गच्छति, उत्तरिल्लाओ ० दाहिणिल्लं जाव गच्छति, उवरिल्लाओ चरिमंताओ हेट्ठिलं चरिमंतं एग ० जाव गच्छति, हेट्ठिल्लाओ चरिमंताओ उवरिल्लं चरिमंतं एगसमएणं गच्छति ? हंता, गोतमा ! परमाणुपोग्गले णं लोगस्स पुरिथिमिल्ल ० तं चेव जाव उवरिल्लं चरिमंतं गच्छति ।
(parit e Thef - 88, 3È9706-) 7. (Q) Oh lord ! Could paramānu (atom) go from, the east-end to the west-end (of the universe), the west-end to the east-end (of the universe), and from the north-end to the south-end (of the universe), from the south-end to the north-end (of the universe) and from the upper-end to the lower-end (of the universe) and from the lower-end to the upper-end of the universe within a SAMAYA ?
(Ans) Yes, Gautam ! A paramänu (atom) can go from the eastend to the west-end, from the west-end to the east-end, from the north-end to the south-end, from the south-end to the north-end (of the universe) and from the upper-end to the lower-end (of the universe) and from the lower-end to the upper-end of the universe within a SAMAYA.
(BHAGAVATI SŪTRA S'atak - 16, Uddes'aka - 8) Einstein has accepted the velocity of light as constant but according to Jainology it is improper to accept it as constant because the acceptation of constancy of light-velocity, delimits the velocity of paramäņu which is 3 x 10 Km/sec. But as we referred above, the paramåņu can go from one end to another end of the universe within a SAMAYA. SAMAYA is the most micro unit of time according to Jain philosophy. Its explanation will be given later on.
According to Jainology there is in the whole universe an existence of only six fundamental elements. They are independent of each other, though their combinations are present in the universe. They are as follows:
