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A SOURCE-BOOK IN JAINA PHILOSOPHY
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- According to the Jaina science, the formation of skandha has been explained in the scientific way on the basis of the principle of chemical composition.
The formation of skandha can be explained in the following process :
1. The paramānus combine themselves into due to their characterstics of viscousity. The separation of the atoms out of the skandhas is due to the attribute of roughness.
2. The paramāņus which are alike having snigdha come together and form into skandha. (If the two paramānus have the viscousity to a degree less than two, then the combination is not possible).
3. A paramānu which is viscous and the paramāņu which is dried, if they come together it is possible to form skandha. (In these cases the intensity of dryness should be more than two degrees).
4. Viscous and the dry paramāņus form skandha even when they belong to different categories.
In all these, there is one point of exception i.e., that paramāņus cannot form skandha if the dryness and the viscousity are of one degree difference.
In other words, (i) The parts which have different characteristics (jaghanya guņa) do not form into a combination.
(ii) The paramāņus with identical attributes like either the viscous or dry cannot form a combination.
(iii) The two coming together would form a combination.1
The Svetāmbaras and the Digambaras have expressed difference of opinion regarding the formation or combination of skandhas. According to the Svetāmbara tradition, if two paramāņus with viscous nature having abonimable attributes (jaghanya guņa) comes together there would be no bandha (combination), but if one paramāņu consisting abonimable attributes and the other of unabominable attributes (ajaghanya guņa) there would be a combination form; but the Digambaras maintain even if one paramāņu is of (jaghanya guna) there would be no bandha. According to Svetāmbaras in the formation of parts and from one part to the other the attributes of vis1 Tattvārthasūtra, 5, 32-35.
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