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THE JAINA PHILOSOPHY
directions and the result is gaseous state of matter 24 But the change is in the physical properties only Ice, water and steam are all chemically the same conipound H2O and molecules retain their molecular identities The modification of physical properties and the consequent transformation of one kind of energy into another is perhaps a typical instance of parināma
KRIYA MATTER IS ENERGY
Kriyā is characterised by motion 2 Oscillation and vibrations are inherent attributes of matter and that is why pudgala is dynamic Actually all types of motion come under krivă, but motion is only one type of kriyā Fission and fusion are also kniyā In fact, transformation of energy of any kind is kriya, and thus kryāvān means capable of exerting forces and producing energy
24 if the temperature is raised still farther, thermal dissociation takes place and the molecules are broken up into separate atoms For instance molecules of water will be broken up at a temperature over a thousand degress But when the temperature rises to several thousand degrees the matter will be a gaseous mixture of pure elements At sull higher temperatures thermal ionization tal es place when outer electrons are chipped of from the atoms At a few million degrees (temperature common in the interiors of stars) all electronic shells are completely sinpped off and matter becomes a mixture of bare nuclei and free electrons if the temperature goes up to several billion degrees the nuclei themselves break up into protons and neutrons Thus the effect of thermal agitation is to destroy step by step the elaborate architecfurc of matter into parucles rushing around without any apparent las
25 Parispandana-lakşanā kna-Pravachansāra Pradipikū Vniti, 2-37.
