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as an actor. These and many others (twelve) have also been accepted as proof for the soul by the Vaiseșikas. 2. The aphorism means that these mattergic entities or modes not only assist the functioning of the soul, but they also assist in modifications of mattergies themselves. 3. The mattergic nature of sound can be proved by the inference :
"The sound is mattergic because it is received, transmitted and obstructed by mattergies and it has touch also like the earthen pots etc." However, Vidyānanda says that the psychical speech is a capacitative mode of the living as mattergy is not the material cause for its origin. It is said to be mattergic only by convention as it is caused due to specific karmic fruition: 4. The mattergic nature of respirations is proved by the inference :
The respirations are mattergic because they have touch like earthen pots etc. (In fact, breathing in and out consists of intake of air and exhale of carbon dioxide etc. All of these are mattergic gases). 5. The mind is mattergic because it is composed of mattergic (mind) variforms like body etc. Vidyānanda and Bhāskarnandi point out that the psychical mind is, in fact, the mode of the living. It is said to be mattergic only be convention. 6. It seems that this aphorism refers only to the physical forms of mattergies as Vidyananda says. This seems to be better intelligible. The psychical counterparts are only conventionally mattergic as they have capacitative nature only and are inferred on the basis of physical forms. 7. Gommatsāra points out that mattergy causes the formation of bodies etc. In fact, the mattergy forms aggregates to be transformed into different types of variforms. There are 8123 variforms mentioned in literature. It is said that (i) the Intakal variforms form gross, protean and ejectable bodies, (ii) the luminous variforms from luminous body, (iii) the karmonic variforms form eight -fold fine karmic body and (iv) the speech, mind and respiration variforms form the corresponding mattergic speech, mind and respirations. These eight types of variforms represent the fine varieties of aggregates in Kundkunda's classification.
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