Studies in the Bhagavati Sutra

Author(s): J C Sikdar
Publisher: Research Institute of Prakrit Jainology & Ahimsa Mujjaffarpur

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STUDIES IN THE BHAGAWATI SŪTRA [Ch. X and non-receivable (agājjha)'; anardha (without half part), amadhya (having no interior part) and apradeša (having no points or only one point);" while a skandha is sārdha or anardha, amadhya or samadhya and sapradesa, e. g. skandhas having two, four, six and eight parts are sārdha ; but those, having three, five, seven and nine parts are anardha. Skandhas, having numerable, innumerable, and infinite parts may be sārdha and anardha also.
An atom may be a single substance or a part of a substance. It is so fine in form that it is touched by air, but it does not touch air. An atom and an aggregate of atoms are infinites in numbers, while the former is eternal from the aspect of substance and non-eternal from that of modes of colour, taste, smell and touch. It is the not-last (acarima) from the point of view of substance and it may be the last and not-last from that of space, time and state. Classification of Atoms
Atoms are studied and classified from the points of view of substance, space, time and state as they are inter-related to one another. Thus there are stated to be four kinds of atoms, viz. dravyaparamāņu (atom of substance), ksetraparamāņu (atom of point of space), kālaparamāņu (atom of time, i. e. samaya) and bhāvaparamānu (atom of state, e. g. colour, etc.). They are further divided into different kinds on the basis of their respective characteristics and the state in which they exist. Thus there are four kinds of dravyaparamānu, viz. indivisible, impenetrable, incombustible and non-receivable ; four kinds of ksetra paramānu, viz. anardha (without half or equal part), amadhya (without inner part), apradesa (partless) and avibhājya (indivisible); four kinds of kālaparamāņu, viz, colourless, smell-less, tasteless, and touchless and four kinds of bhāva paramānu (the state in which it exists) viz. varnavān (endowed with colour), gandhavan (endowed with smell), rasavān (endowed with taste) and sparsavān (endowed with touch).10
i Bhs, 5, 7.214; 20, 5, 671. 16, 5, 5, 215. 8. Ib, 25, 4, 743. 16, 8, 10, 357.
Ib, 18, 10, 645. & 16, 25, 4, 740. Ib, 14, 4, 512. 8 lb, 14, 4, 513. 9_10 Ib, 20, 5, 671.