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अध्याय-५
Molecules (skandha) are formed by fission (bheda), fusion (sanghāta) and division-cum-union (bheda-sanghāta).
The splitting of molecules (aggregates) by internal and external causes is fission (bheda). The collection together of separate things is fusion (sanghāta). It is contended that since fission and fusion are two, the dual, and not the plural, should be used in the sūtra. The plural is used to include the third, namely, the combination of fission and fusion. It is explained thus. By the combination of two separate atoms, a molecule occupying two space-points (pradeśa) is formed. By the combination of a molecule of two space-points with one atom or the combination of three atoms, a molecule of three space-points is formed. A molecule of four space-points is produced by the combination of two molecules of two atoms each, of one molecule of three atoms with one atom or of four atoms. Similarly, by the fusion (combination) of numerable (samkhyāta), innumerable (asamkhyāta), infinite (ananta) and infinite-times-infinite (anantānanta) atoms, the molecules of respective space-points (pradeśa) are formed. By the splitting (fission) of such molecules, molecules in size up to the smallest, comprising of two atoms, are produced. Similarly, by the process of fission and fusion in the same instant, molecules of two atoms, and so on, are formed. These are produced by fission of some molecules and fusion of others. Thus the formation of molecules is described.
Now the origin of the atom (anu) is described.
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The atom (aņu) is produced only by fission (bheda).
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