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also indicates the absence of their priority and posteriority leading to their interpenetrating and mutual accommodation capacity.
(c) There might be obstructions in interpenetrating between the mattergic entities.
2. This aphorism, again, indicates that it is these two realities that are responsible for division of universe space into two categories. They are, therefore, coextensive with this space. Thus, they occupy part of the space rather than whole space. These have already been shown to be equivalent to Newtonic concept of Ether and Gravitation (field).
3. This commentary indicates common observations of co-existence of water and fine sand or ashes in the colloidal form. When these material objects can accommodate each other, what to say of non-mattergic entities?
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G. R. Jain has suggested that the illustration of interpenetratability of some material objects like water and fine sand or ashes or light does not serve the purpose well as they involve parts which the non-material mediums do not have. However, they could be assumed to have mutual interpenetratability like electrostatic, magnetic and gravitational fields maintaining their own identity.
5. The Einsteinean cylinder theory indicates the finiteness and, therefore, stability of the universe. Three dimensional infiniteness of the universe leads to non-stability. Of course, it could be infinite with respect to time. The Jainas do not agree to this point because it leads to all the space being occupied one. The steady-state theory or Big-Bang theory is also not acceptable to the Jainas as they do not agree to the continuous expansion of the universe. They believe the universe divided into two sections - (i) occupied and (ii) un-occupied due to demarkation through these two realities where occupied space is floating in the infinite unoccupied space. However, there are some points of similarity (beginngingless and infiniteness with respect to time) in the steady state theory.
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Vidyananda supports this aphorism through the inference :
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