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ATOM IN JAIN PHILOSOPHY 77 Bandha le union or fusion is two-fold (a) natural and (b) synthetic Natural fusion is again two-fold (a) beginningless and (b) with a beginning
It is two-fold from another point of view viz. (a) partial union and (b) total union 1 Natural union is caused by three conditions
(a) Natural union is caused by the unctuous and dry properties of the constituents--Bandha pratyayıka (b) Union caused by the contents of a common contajner-Bhājana pratyayıka (c) Union caused by mutation-pariņāma-pratyayıka 82 Five different ways of Bheda i e fission are a) burstingie due to internal forces b) breaking into pieces due to external forces c) grinding d) removal of layers and
e) fissures VI) MATTER IS PARINAMI 1e SUBJECT TO MUTATION
Matter is mutable and it undergoes transformation Mutation is change i e change of one state into another Nothing is absolutely permanent nor absolutely destructible 83 "A vasthutsya diavyasya poorva dharma niyrtau dharmāntarotpatih parināmah "(Commentary by Vyas)
Destruction of the preceding state gives way to the birth of the succeeding state
The word for mutation is parināma It has been explained in different ways in Jain scriptures In Rūjavārtikam it is said that pariņāma is natural or artificial mutation of a substance without affecting its
81 Mixture and compound 82 Bhagavari Süira 8-9
83 Parinānio aisthānraro-gumanam, na cha sarrathā vina sah Sjadvād Manjari.
