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JAIN PHILOSOPHY & MODERN SCLE
-Air and other gases. --Light, shadows etc.
(3) Fine Gross
(4) Gross fine
(5) Fine (6) Very fine
Matter of thought and speech etc.
Skandhas composed of two, three etc 'paramanus'. Science gives three physical states of matter viz. (1) solid (2) liquid and (3) gaseous, and these correspond with the first three divisions given above. Philosophers knew the existence of more than the three states of matter and so gave six divisions. In science also it is now accepted that not only visible light but also X-rays and 'gamma rays' which are electro-magnetic radiations are all material. Philosophers have divided material bodies from various other stand-points also eg. (1) naturally formed (2) artificially formed and (3) partly naturally and partly artificially formed.
Sound
Jainology considers sound to be one of the attributes of matter. How this attribute is effected has been discussed briefly in Panchastikayasara'. It is stated there that: Paramanu' itself does not possess the property of sound; sound is produced by various aggregates rubbing together; it is, therefore, an attribute of the aggregates." Jainologists have also stated that "sound can reach the other end of the universe, if strongly produced." Some people believe that radio etc. have corroborated the above statement.
