________________
54
THE JAINA PHILOSOPHY
but the elementary particle and the elementary particle in its free state is matter itself from this aspect there is only one class or type viz paramānu
B TWO CATEGORIES
Elementary particles combine together and produce composite bodies of matter Thus a body produced by the association of elementary particles is a material aggregate called 'shandha' From this point of view the inatter is classified into two types 1) paramanlı or free elementary particle and 2) skandha se composite bodies made up of these paruicles Composite bodies are again of two types l) charuhsparsi and 2) asiasparsi Chamulyparsı bodies as their name indicate have only four parva viz hot or cold, dry or unctuous Astasparsı bodies on the other hand have heaviness or lightness and hardness or softness (or roughness or smoothness) This means thal chinuspais bodies are agurulagu je neither hevy nor light In other words they are masless The quality of mass is acqured when the material hodies become alaspars shunilhas
From soinc other aspeus also maller can be classified into two types
One of them is capability of sensuous cognition vluch unes two types (1) sul sma and u) bidara The type of matter which cannot be perceived by normal sensory equipment suhşnia or minute Since venue organs are incapable of cognising parasrar ail paruumis fall in this class 111. suhu. Structure of some material bodics rerder them
