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THE JAINA PHILOSOPHY
cognition is not matenal 57 Roopatva- sensible perceptibility--15 the sum total of the four sensuous qualities named above Colour and/or extension by itself is not the cause of perceptibility of the matter All the four qualities are concommitant 58 No modification of matter is such that it possesses three, two or one of the four qualities Nor is there a modification of a substance other than matter which can possess one, two or three or all the four above qualities
All mutation of matter be it a single ultimate elementary particle or an aggregate constituted by innumerable such particles must possess all the four qualities
Samsthāna is an additional characteristic besides the above four which characterises sensuousness of matter It means form or shape It may be regarded consequential to fissionability and fusionability of matter Five types of Black blue, red, yellow & white primary colour are Five types of taste Sweet, bitter pungent, acidic
(sour) astringent Two types of odour Good smell and bad smell Eight types of touch Hot cold, unctuous, dry, hard
Soft (or smooth rough), light
heavy Two types of forms are 1) Symmetrical and 2) Assymmelrical
3) Some of the symmetrical forms are spherical circular, inangular, square etc
57 Aroopali pudgalā na bhavana-bid S4
59 Taira roopa-pannāmah satráishajantaju sparsha -rasu gandhaimarı bhäijam alah sahacharamiesachchanustamin-Ibid 53
