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अजीवाधिकार
gross; 2) sthūla - gross; 3) sthūla-sūkṣma - gross-fine; 4) sūkṣma-sthūla - fine-gross; 5) sūkṣma – fine; and 6) sūkṣma-sūkṣma - extremely fine.
The earth (prthivi) and the mountain (parvata), etc., are atisthula-sthula - extremely gross, and the buttermilk (ghee), the water (jala) and the oil (tela), etc., are sthūla - gross - molecules (skandha).
The image (chāyā) and the sunshine (dhūpa), etc., are to be known as sthūla-sūkṣma – gross-fine, and those that are amenable to the four senses touch (sparsa), taste (rasa), smell (gandha) and sound (sabda) – are sūkṣmasthula - fine-gross - molecules (skandha).
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2- THE NON-SOUL
The learned ācārya have expounded that the molecules (skandha) fit to turn into karmas - kārmāṇa-vargaṇā - are sūkṣma - fine, and those that are not fit to turn into kārmāṇa-vargaṇā are sūkṣma-sūkṣma - extremely fine.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Acārya Kundakunda's Pravacanasara: वण्णरसगंधफासा विज्जंते पुग्गलस्स सुहुमादो । पुढवीपरियंतस्स य सद्दो सो पोग्गलो चित्तो ॥ २४०॥
परमाणु से लेकर महास्कन्ध पृथिवी पर्यन्त ऐसे पुद्गलद्रव्य में वर्ण-रूप (5), रस (5), गन्ध (2), स्पर्श (8) – ये चार प्रकार के गुण मौजूद हैं और जो शब्द है वह भाषा, ध्वनि आदि के भेद से अनेक प्रकार वाला पुद्गल का पर्याय है।
The substance (dravya) of matter (pudgala), from the minute atom (paramānu) to the gross earth (pṛthivi), have the qualities of colour (varna), taste (rasa), smell (gandha) and touch
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