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One is likely to question as to what led us to identify Snigdha and R"uk]sa qualities or Pudgala with positive and negative electrification's. In support of our interpretation we quote the following words from Sarv"artha Siddhi (on S"utra 5.24) "1104349OLSAAT layn..." (Lightning discharge in clouds is produced by the qualities of Snigdha and R"uk]sa i.e. due to the development of positive and negative charges.) A positive elementary particle combines with another similar particle differing in energy level by two units. Also a negative elementary particle combines with another negative elementary particle differing again in energy level by two units. A positive particle can also unite with a negative particle and vice versa. Particles at the lowest energy level do not unite. The union of the various particles of different energy levels may form an odd or an even series 3,5,7,9 etc. or 2,4,6,8 etc. A few examples are given below from modern science to illustrate these combinations: 1 The heavy electron, referred to on page 87 f.n. has been formed by the union of electrons, i.e., negative elementary particles of matter. If we call negative as R"uk]sa, this is a case of R"uk]sa combining with R"uk]sa. In the 'Science and Culture' for February 1938 we read that Prof. Eddington "from his theory, has predicted the existence of negatrons" (negative protons) i.e., particles as heavy as the protons but composed of negative particles or negative electric charges. We are pleased to state that such a particle has been discovered and it is an example of R"uk]sa particles combining with R"uk sa. The Snigdha combining with Snigdha is illustrated in the formation of protons. Positron is a snigdha elementary particle whereas the proton is a much bigger particle of the same kind. We venture to suggest that a proton has been formed by a close packing of elementary positive particles just as the close packing of protons gives rise to nuclear matter. Further discoveries of this kind have been announced in the ‘Nature', April 16 and May 7, 1938. Williams and Pickup have obtained results which tend to confirm
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