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Jainism differs from the notion according to morden science after Einstein), object of sensual cognition, possessing colour, taste, odour, and touch itself active fusionable or fissionable and interactionwise capable of being absorbed and assimilated by Jiva, the conscious and psychic order of existance. A single 'paramanu' is of such a nature that it can never be attracted by the activities of a Jiva. It is its further nature that it will ever form groups and aggregates, the largest of which is named as 'achitta mahaskandha'. Of these groups and aggregates the number is infinite, broadly put at '23' in Jainism and even the 15th of which still contains an innumerable number of paramanus. In Jainism, these groups and aggregates are called 'vargana' and 15 of these are just not capable of being associated with Jiva. Only 8 'varganas' in the series according to the number of paramanus they are made of inr-act with Jiva. These are 'Audarika vargana' responsible to form all material compositions, almost all things encountered by us in every day life; 'Vaikriyaka vargana' responsible to form celestial bodies, more subtle than the first; 'Aaharaka vargana' subtler than the first two forming only astral bodies which highly evolved saints are able to produce whenever they need to visit others at far off places; 'Taijasic vargana' subtler than previous three, forming around souls to accompany them in their mundane existences until finally emancipated, an essential link between the souls and their 'karmic' bodies; 'Anapana vargana' subtler than these four used to inhale and to exhale to support living by embodied souls; 'Bhasha vargana' more subtle than previous five used in speaking, giving voice to feelings; Manah vargana' more subtle than all six used by souls to make for themselves 'minds' instruments of thinking and finally 'Karman vargana' most subtle of all used in corrupting the embodied souls and responsible to keep them in bondage until liberatad. In these 'varganas', the number of paramanus are more and more compactly packed and occupy less and less space in the order hereinabove outlined It will thus be seen that the 'karmic body' enveloping attached to the soul is the most compact one and occupies the least space, quite unimaginable.
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