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Microcosmology : Atom Fusion of paramānus with same as well opposite sparsa is possible,
But the fundamental rule is that the paramānus with unit intensity of dryness or glueiness cannot participate in the process. This means that paramāņus participating in a composition must possess more than unit intensity of dryness or glueiness.
When two para mānus possessing same kind of sparsa (say, glueiness) combine, the minimum difference between the intensities of their glueiness must be two units.2 Similarly the minimum difference of two units of intensity between dryness of two paramānus enable them to combine. On the other hand, the paramāņus with opposite sparsa i.e. dryness and glueiness would combine without qualifying minimum difference between their intensities. The 615th verse of Gommatsāra says. “A gluey particle may combine with another gluey particle with a minimum difference of two units of glueiness. And this also is the rule in the case of dry particles. The combination of a gluey particle with a dry one is always possible, be they of the same or different intensities. But in all these three, the particles possessing the unit intensity i.e. one unit of each sparsa are excepted. 3
Thus, the eligibility of paramānus for the process of fusion can be summarized as follows:
(a) paramānus possessing one unit of glueiness and one unit of dryness will never unite.
(b) paramāņus possessing opposite sparśa of equal and unequal intensities may unite.
(c) paramānus with similar sparsa can unite only if their respective intensities differ by two units or more i.e. there must be a minimum difference of two units in the intensity of dryness or glueiness.
1. IJ.T., 717 "Snigdha-rūkşatvad ajaghanya gunānām". 2. IJ.T., 1:18 : “Dvyadhikādigunatve sadrānām". 3. Niddhassa niddhena duha yiyena, lukhassa lukkhena duha yi yena. Niddhassa lukkueņauvei bandho, jahnnavajjo visa mo samo vā. - Gommata sāra, Jivakānda, gāthā 615.
