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atomed upto anantānanta-atomed. When an aggregate undergoes disruption while at the same time some other substance gets conjoined to a component of it then the new aggregate thus coming into existence is an aggregate caused through split-cumcombination. Such aggregates too can be two-atomed upto anantānanta-atomed. In the case of aggegates made up of more than two atoms it should be noted that a three-atomed aggregate can come into existence either through a combination of three atoms or through the combination of one atom with a two atomed aggregate; similarly, a four-atomed aggregate can come into existence either through a combination of four atoms or through the combination of two atoms with a two-atomed aggregate or through the combination of one atom with a threeatomed aggregate; similar considerations apply to bigger aggregates.
An atomic substance is not an effect of some other substance; so its origination cannot possibly be due to a combination of two substances. Really speaking, an atom is admitted to be permanent; even so, its origination is here spoken of from the standpoint of modes. That is to say, an atom viewed as a substance is certainly permanent but from the standpoint of modes it is an originated entity as well. Thus when an atom sometimes acts as a component of some aggregate and there stays in a state of combination and when subsequently the same atom splits away from this aggregate and stays in a state of disruption—then what we are having before us are but two particular inodes or states of one and the same atom. Now for the atom the state of disruption originates exclusively from a split. So when it is above said that an atom is caused through split the idea only is that an atom characterized by a state of disruptionnot an atom as such-is a product of split.
The Cause for an Invisible Aggregate Becoming Visible :
The visible aggregates are caused only through split and combination occurring together. 28.
This aphorism is aimed at demonstrating that depending
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