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Scientific Vision of Lord Mahāvīra
No
Table No. 7 Atomic Integration According to Digambar Tradition Degrees of Intensity
Same
Different Quality
Quality One + one
No
No One + two
No One + three
No One + three or more Two or more + equal number
No Two or more + one degree higher
No Two or more + two degrees higher
Yes
Yes Two or more + three or more degrees higher
No
No
No
No
No
No
No
Finally, according to the Bh.S;67 the process of fusion can be classified from various standpoints as under: Fusion is two-fold:
(a) Natural and (b) produced by effort From another point of view it is two-fold, 68
(a) Partial union and (b) total union Natural fusion is again of two types-(i) with beginning and (ii) without beginning. There are three causes for the former.69 (a) Fusion caused by bandha pratyayika i.e. the viscous and dry properties
of the constituents. (b) Fusion caused by the bhajana pratyayika i.e. contents of a common
container. (c) Fusion caused by Parinama pratyayika i.e. maturation.
Infinity of Pudgala
The material atoms and their clusters are numerically infinite. Hence, substantially, Pudgala is stated to be infinite.70
The maximum extension of Pudgala is universe (cosmos).?! Pudgala, fills the cosmos and pervades its total space. In other words, infinite atoms exist, independently or in combinations, in cosmic space only. There is not a single point in space where there is neither an ultimate atom nor a composite body.72 The whole space is occupied by pudgala. Nature abhors a vacuum.
Another thing worth noticing is that the non-absolutist Jain thinker does not find any contradiction in the basic unity and the infinite multiplicity of an existent. In this case, the reality of infinite diversity of the physical
