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(ii) Dry (r"uk]sa) and gluey (snigdha) correspond respectively
to positive and negative electrical charges. (iii) Light, heavy correspond to mass (density) (iv) Hard, soft correspond to measure of hardness. (i) Temperature (Hot, Cold) The first pair hot (u]s]na) and cold («sita) refers to the physical property of temperature, which is the measurement of heat level The range of temperature existing in nature is very wide. (ii) Electric Charge (Dry, Gluey) The quality of dryness and glueyness refer to the physical property of electric charge. The qualities play an important par in the formation of aggregates (skandha), just as positive and negative electric charges of subatomic particles play important role in the formation of atoms and molecules. (iii) Mass or Density (Light, Heavy) The third pair-light (laghu) and heavy (guru) refers to the physical property of mass or density. According to the Jain concept, this pair is acquired by a]s_taspar_s$â aggregates only, and therefore, the catuJhspar]s$û aggregates are devoid of mass. They are agurulaghu i.e. neither heavy, nor light. When compared with the modern particle physics, it can be said that all catu]hspar)s$û aggregates are in the form of energy and their entire mass is in their motion." “The param"a]nus have only two sparsa: (i) either snigdha or r"uk]sa. (ii) either «sita or "us]na. Comparing these characteristic qualities of pudgala with those of subatomic particles - protons, neutrons, etc., we find that: (i) snigdha (gluey) and r"uk]sa (dry) correspond to the electric
charges + ive and - ive respectively. (ii) while guru (heavy) and laghu (light) correspond to the
quality of ‘mass'. Our identification of snigdha and r"uk]sa with + ive and - ive charges is based on the following commentary in Sarvãrthasiddhi on s'utra 5/24 of Tattv"artha s"utra- "...Snigdha-r"uk)satvagu]na-nimitto vidyut....... “That is, lightning in clouds is produced by the qualities. of snigdha and r"uk]sa, i.e., due to the development of + ive and - ive charges in the clouds.
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