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(E=MC2) giving a mathematical veracity to this relation.
Any discussion about the manifest matter will be incomplete if we did not mention its spatial dimension. All matter whether manifest or otherwise occupies space. This space is provided to it by the space-matter known as Akāśa. As we shall dwell upon the details of the space-matter separately, it will suffice, here, to say that, depending upon their density, the smallest unit of space, known as pradeśa, is capable of accommodating a single pudgala particle as well as infinite number of such particles.
We conclude this exposition on pudgala by mentioning its twenty characteristics and five configurations as follows : -
Eight types of touches - Cold, hot, dry, oily, light, heavy, smooth or rough;
Five types of tastes - Sour, sweet, bitter, astringent and pungent;
Two types of smells - Fragrant and foul or pleasant and unpleasant;
Five types of colours - Blue, red, green, yellow and white; and
Configurations - Spherical, circular, triangular, tetrahedral and cuboidal. All other configurations are various combinations and permutations of these basic configurations.
Dharma Dravya (Medium Of Motion) -
The second type of non-living matter is Dharma or the medium of motion. It is defined as an abstract neutral agency that supports the motion of the souls and the manifest matter through space without urging those at rest to move'. It has been compared to water that supports the motion of the fish but does not urge the fishes, that wish to rest, to move. It only provides a neutral medium for such motion and it neither moves with the 98 : JAINISM: THE CREED FOR ALL TIMES
