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The Jaina world of Non-living
4. The statistical probability of distribution of atoms in spacepoints may exist in the form of different statistical distribution laws of modern physics, specially Bose-Einsteinean statistics. 5. The uni-spacepoint occupancy of bonded atoms is based on total combination between them. Their partial combination, however, will lead to multi-spacepoint occupancy. 6. This aphorism leads to the following three points : (a) An aggregate of numerable spacepoint cannot occupy an innumerable spacepoints. (b) Similarly, an innumerable-atomic entity cannot occupy more than innumerable spacepoint space. (c) An aggregate of infinite spacepoints cannot occupy infinite spacepoints as the occupied space has only innumerable spacepoints. This could be only due to condensations. 7. This aphorism indicates summarily that the spacepoints of substratum space could be equal to or less than the number of atoms in the mattergic entities.
The next aphorism points out about the space occupancy of the living beings :
Asankhyeya-bhāgādişu Jīvānām 5.15
The living beings are accommodated in innumerableth part etc. spacepoints of the occupied space 5.15. 1-3. The term 'innumerable part' is one part of the innumerable parts. The living beings are accommodated in innumerable parts beginning from one, two to innumerable(1,2,3 ..... IN). These parts belong to the universe-space which has been applied here with reference to the earlier aphorism 5.12. It must, however, be pointed out that this aphorism refers to the locative case while here it is referred to with respect to possessive case as the cases follow the sense. Hence, the case of 'universe-space' gets changed here. It can be illustrated by choosing the objective case for Devdatta in the predominantly nominative sentence, 'Devdatta has highrise buildings, invite him (Devdatta)'.
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