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ATOM IN JAIA
PHILOSOPHY 89
composite bodies of certain groups and struc
tures 14 Permanence-through-modes-paruman as a
substance is indestructible and therefore permanent or eternal But from the point of view of its qualities which undergo modifications it is changing That is why it has been called permanent as
well as impernanenu.99 15 Interaction with psychic substence-paraniānu
by itself that is in its free state is not altracted or assimilated hi jeevalli and therefore serves no
useful purpose for the psychic existence 16 Unity-multiplicity--paramānu is a primordial
unity It has an eternal existence of its own which is determinated by its own qualities and modes Paramanu as a substance is not a composite body it is truly indivisible unity But as a substraturi of many qualities, it does possess multiplicity Spatially again, because it occupies a single space
point it is unity 17 Kriyā (action) and gati (motion)-paiamām is
active and dynamic It is not always active or always dynamic Sometimes it is and sometimes it is not Its actions are subject to the rule of uncertainty Paramānu is capable of a variety of actions The Bhagavatı Sūtra (5-7-150) describes the vaniety of actions of a paramānu 102 Paramānu sometimes merely vibrates without leav
99 Sijā sās sae sivă asāe-Bhagavan Sūira 14 45 100 Agrāhyu-Ibid 20 5 13 101 Ibid 18 4 1 102 See P 73 above
