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The Jaina world of Non-living
mattergies. If it is possible, one will have possibility of divisibility of unit spacepoint. A. This is not correct. It has already been said that this could be possible due to specific aggregations and finer transformations and accommodation capacity of space) among the mattergic aggregations. Moreover, we observe that there are many light mattergic particles in a room without any spatial discrimination. And these particles are not unitarised because of their mono-spacepointal-accommodation. Similarly, the infinite aggregates can also be accommodated in one spacepoint nonblendingly due to their fine transformations. Thus, there is no contradiction in accommodation of many spacepoints in one spacepoint. 5. Thirdly, the nature of realities is not subject to logic. Their natures are definite. Fire has a nature of burning, the grasses are burnable. And so on. Similarly, the nature of mattergic substances is such that many of their aggregates can occupy a single spacepoint due to their accommdational nature. Thus, there is no contradiction regarding their accommodation peculiarity. 6. The scriptures also point out this fact. They are the words of omniscients coming down to us by unbroken tradition through their chief disciples and succeeding scholarly disciples. They are perfectly true and valid. Pancāstikāya (64) points out that 'the world is completely full of infinite number of various fine and gross mattergic bodies'. As we accept the accommodation of infinite number of general class of microorganisms (Nigotas) in a single body of these beings on scriptural authority, similarly the above fact regarding mattergic accommodation should also be taken as granted. Supplementary Notes 1. The commentary deals with the following points : (a) The meaning of the first term used in the aphorism 5.14. The first term includes 'one spacepoint' along with higher numbers. The second term indicates accommodation of mattergic entities of different spacepointal nature in similar or dis-similar spacepoints of the occupied space.
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