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The Jaina world of Non-living
innumerable and infinite unit smooth atom. However, it will have bonding with 4-unit smooth atom. Similarly, a 3-unit smooth atom will have bonding only with 5-unit smooth entity and not with any other entity. The 4-unit smooth entity will have bonding only with 6-unit smooth entity and not with any other entity. Similar statements may be made with larger entities.
In the same way, a 2-unit rough entity will have no bonding with 1,2 and 3-unit rough entity along with 5-unit and higher unit entity. It will have bonding only with 4-unit rough entity. However, a 3-unit rough entity will have bonding with 5-unit rough entity. Similar statements should be made with other larger entities.
Moreover, it can also be illustrated with reference to dissimilar entities. A 2-unit smooth entity will have bonding with a 4-unit rough entity only and not with 1,2,3 or 5 etc. unit entities. In the same way, a 3unit smooth entity will have bonding with 5-unit rough entity and so on. It is said in Șat-Khandāgama, Vargaņā Section 5.6.36 that there are three conditions of bonding: (i) A smooth entity binds with another smooth or rough entity when its intensity differs by two units. (ii) A rough entity binds with another rough or smooth entity when its intensity differs by two units. (iii) There is no bonding between similar or dissimilar entities with minimum intensity. The above rules postulate the bonding between atoms to produce aggregates from diatomics to infinite atomics. 3. The inclusion of word 'Tu' (however) indicates the termination of the section of conditions of negation of bonding and proclaims the specifics about bonding. 4. Q. Why the bonding between mattergies is taken as combination between them ? Merely their collection together may serve the purpose. A. This is not correct. If mere collective combination of entities is taken as bonding, there will be no transformation and mutual homolocalisation of entities. It will be just like the fact that there will be no
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