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TATTVĀRTHA SUTRA: INANIMATE MATTER : 81
• Bhedādanu) || 27 ||| • Bhedasarghātābhyāmi cāksusāh || 28 || The ulimate particles can come about by division (of aggregates)
only. The visible aggregates are formed (from the invisible ones) through, both, division and aggregation. (27-28)
The Reality - • Utpādavyayadhrauvyayuktami sat || 29 || The reality is characterized by origination, destruction and
continuation together. (29)
• Tadbhāvāvyayam nityami || 30 || What does not deviate from one's own character is called “Nitya
permanent or continuous. (30)
Multiple Form Of Reality - • Arpitānarpitasiddheh || 31 || Of the many characteristics of reality, its seemingly contradictory
characteristics are proved by viewing it from different standpoints corresponding to its primary and secondary attributes. (31)
Material Bonding - • Snigdharūksatvād bandhah || 32 || Bondage/combination (between pudgala particles and aggregates)
is caused by their smoothness and roughness or viscosity and dryness or posito-negativity of surfaces. (32)
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