Jain Philosophy and Modern Science

Author(s): Nagrajmuni
Publisher: Anuvrat Samiti

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manus' do not possess similar attributes in respect of colour, smell etc. One paramanu has blackness; 'another has yellowness or whiteness; yet another has blueness: one may have good smell; another may have bad smell; one may have a pungent taste while another may have a bitter taste: one may have an adhesive touch while another may have a dry touch. Thus, there are various types of 'paramanus'. It is further established. that even the paramanus which' have the same colour and odour, etc may differ from one another on account of their infinite disparity in potency or magnitude and thus there are infinite kinds of 'paramanus'. As for example, consider all the black 'paramanus' of the universe: they are not all equally black; some paramanus have one unit of blackness while others have two units of blackness; similarly some may have 100 units, some may have thousand units, some may have countless units, while some may have infinite units of blackness This is an instance regarding a colour. In the same way, if we consider other qualities viz odour etc. the 'paramanus' may differ from one another and the degree of difference may be from one unit to infinite units. And this degree or intensity of any quality, in the same 'paramanu', also is not eternally the same but goes on changing. A 'paramanu' possessing one unit of or minimum adhesiveness may in course of time, become possessed of infinite units or interest adhesiveness and vice-versa. This change in intensity of quality is called "Sixfold increase or decrease" and