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JAIN PHILOSOPHY & MODERN SCIENCE
packed that a cubic inch weigh a ton. The smallest star discovered recently is so dense that a cubic inch of its material weighs 620 tons" Can anybody imagine that a small pebble falling from space can destroy a big building or, a giant crane will be unable to lift a tiny piece of one cubic inch?
According to Jainology, the minutest grain of sand contains or is composed of infinite 'paramanus'.• It is a 'skandha' The smallest 'skandha' is composed of two 'paramanus' Every11 visible material body, big or minute, is composed of infinite 'paramanus' Divi.sion of 'skandha' will result in smaller 'skandhas' only A single 'paramanu' cannot be detached from a "skandha' by human hands In other words, larger "skandhas' will produce countless number of 'skandhas' on division. We come across such a discussion in Science also. Prof. Andrade has estimated that "If every man, woman, and child in the world were engaged to counting the number of molecules in an ounce of water and counted fast, say five a second, day and night, it would take about 4 million years to complete the job 42
According to Jamology air is also a visible substance and there are countless number of body FRAS-"Arm Chair Science",
40 Ruby Fa Bois,
July 1937
41 By 'visible' is meant not only to the naked eye but also through the most powerful microscope
42. The mechanism of nature by Dr. Anelrade END -Sc PhD. page 37.
