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The Jaina world of Non-living
following aphorism 5.28 indicates the utility of inclusion of other processes in aphorism 5.26 :
Bheda-Sanghātābhyām Cākṣuşah 5.28
The eye-perceptible or visible aggregate is produced by the combination of the processes of dissociation and association 5.28.
The aggregates are formed by the association of infinite numbers of atoms. However, the aggregates so formed have two varieties. Some are eye-perceptible like gross bodies while others are non-perceptible like karmic bodies. Q. How a non-perceptible aggregate can become a perceptible one ? A. The non-perceptible aggregate can become perceptible by the combined process of dissociation and association. It can not become perceptible by the process of dissociation only. Q. How the process could be explained ? A. If a fine aggregate is dissociated in parts and if they are also fine and they do not change their fineness, the resulting aggregates will be non-perceptible only. However, when the fine aggregate dissociates and its parts are associated with other aggregates, the combination foregoes the fineness, attains the grossness and becomes perceptible. Fine aggregate Fine agg. + Fine agg- imperceptible Fine Aggregate Fine agg. + other agg. perceptible aggregate. Supplementary Notes 1. The following points are dealt with in the commentary : (a) The aggregates formed even from infinite ideal atoms have two varieties : (I) eye-perceptible and (ii) non-eye-perceptible. (b) The non-eye-perceptible aggregates become perceptible by the mixed process involving division and union. The fine aggregate becomes still finer on division. But if this form unites or reacts with another aggregate, it may give an eye-perceptible aggregate. 2. Vidyānanda improves upon the commentary by stating that eyeperceptibility here should be extended to all-sense-perceptibility by implication. Thus, all non-perceptible aggregates can be made perceptible through the combined process.
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