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Letter 9
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Skandha is further classified into six groups; with reference to its grossness or minuteness. For example in the case of wheat and its flour, we can classify as whole wheat, wheat pieces or broken wheat, rough wheat flour or what we call Rawata. fine wheat flour or maida Яr etc.
Now we will see the six different groups or types of Skandha. (1) Sthool-Sthool (-) gross-gross :- That Pudgal Skandha which can be divided into two pieces, and once divided, it can not be combined together in its original form e.g. rock, stone, wood, coal, chalk, hair, thread etc.
(2) Sthool() gross :
That Pudgal Skandha which can be divided into two, but will become one when mixed together or brought together e.g. water, oil, milk etc. or any liquid.
(3) Sthool-Sookshma (-) gross-minute : Those Pudgal Skandha which can be seen by the eyes but can not be captured by the hand and also those which can not be divided into parts like light, darkness etc.
(4) Sookshma-Sthool (-) minute-gross- Those Pudgal Skandha which can not be seen by the eyes but can be experienced by the other sensory organs e.g. smell, taste, noise etc..
(5) Sookshma () minute :- Those Pudgal Skandha which can not be perceived by any sensory organs e.g. Karman Vargana (antor arfon). That which is made of these Karman Vargana is known as Karman Sharir (body) or Dravya Karma (for द्रव्य कर्म ).
(6) Sookshma-Sookshma (-) minute-minute: This is the minutest Skandha, which is formed by two or more than two Paramanus forming other Varganas.
After hearing and knowing about this classification, Indrajit from Aurangabad, said to your father, that this classification proves the solid, liquid and the gaseous state of the matter. So we can also accept the other classifications as a matter of fact. I was impressed by his scientific analytical application to our theory and the conclusion derived out of that. Indrajit, Shirish from Satara and Rajesh from Mumbai are all engineers. And I am happy, that they are taking keen interest in Jain philosophy.
These principles are really unique and wonderful, and since they are delivered by the Sarvadnya or the omniscient ones, they are The Eternal Truth.
Skandha are also classified from a different angle, again in respect of Sthool and Sookshma i.e. gross and minute. There are 23 types of Varganas. Some are mentioned below.
(1) Ahar Vargana ( mert arjun ) or Body forming Vargana.
