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Parinamavada in the Agamas
of substance, it is infinite in number, from that of 'khetta ' ( ksetra ) it is co-terminous with the Logāgasa, from that of time it is eternal and from that of 'bhava' it is possessed of taste, smell etc. It has five colours, five tastes, four kinds of odour and eight kinds of touch. 1 A paramānupoggala, however, possesses only one colour, one taste, one smell, and two kinds of touch 19 The different kinds of transformation of poggala are stated to be - sound, darkness, lustre (of jewels), light, shade, sunshine, colour, taste, smell, and touch.20 To these may be added its other Pariņāmas such as bandhanaparināma, gatiparināna, bheda-parinama and agurulahuya-parināma 2 1 which are classed under the general heading of 'ajivaparināmas' in the Pannavanā (ch. 13 ) and the Bh. Su 14.4.22 Like the Jiva, Poggala also is eternal from the standpoint
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18. 'पोग्गलत्थिकाए णं भंते ! कतिवण्णे कतिगंधे० रते फासे ?' 'गोयमा ! पंचवण्णे प'चरसे दुगंधे अट्ठफासे रूवी अजीवे सासए अवट्ठिए लोगदव्वे, से समासओ पंचविहे पण्णत्ते, तं जहा - दव्वओ खेत्तओ कालओ भावओ गुणओ, दव्वओ णं प्रोग्गलत्थिकाए अणंताई दव्वाई, खेत्तओ लोयप्पमाणमेत्ते, कालओ न कयाइ न आसि जाव निच्चे, भावओ वण्णमंते गंध० रस० फासमंते, गुणओ गहणगुणे ।' Bh. Su. 2.10.117
19. 'परमाणुपोग्गले णं भंते ! कतिवन्ने जाव कतिफासे पन्नत्ते ? 'गोयमा ! एगवन्ने एगगंधे एगरसे दुफासे पन्नत्ते । ' Bh. Su. 18.6.631
20. ' सद्दन्धयार उज्जोओ पहा छाया तवे इ वा ।
वण्णरसगन्धफासा पुग्गलाणं तु लक्खणम् ॥' Ut Su. 28.12
21. cf. Appendix II
22. 'अजीवपरिणामे णं भंते ! कतिविधे पन्नत्ते ?" गोयमा दसविधे पन्नत्ते, तं जहा -- बंधणपरिणामे १, गतिपरिणामे २, संठाणपरिणामे ३, भेदपरिणामे ४, वण्णपरिणामे ५, गंधपरिणामे ६, रसपरिणामे ७, फासपरिणामे ८, अगुरुल हुयपरिणामे ९, सद्दपरिणामे १० । Pannavana 13 ( परिणामपद )
