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( 898 ) વિશ્વરચના પ્રબંધ. differentiation in the integrated ( gara, TIE HEIL
ana, umasvati chap V, Sutra 26 ), forms aggregates ( Skandhas ). An Anu has no parts, no begining, middle or end. An Anu is not only infinitesimal, but also eternal and ultimate. A skandha may vary from a binary aggregate (द्वयणुक ) to an infinitum (अनन्ताणुक ). A binary skandha is an aggregate of two Anus ( atoms), a tertiary skandha is formed by the addition of an atom ( Anu ) to the binary ( 994 ) and so on Ad Infinitum. The ascending grades are(1) What can be numbered ( HET), ( 2 ) indefinitely large ( BEETZ ). ( 3 ) infinity of the first order ( 8797 ), ( 4 ) infinity of the second order ( 84a-a195a ), and so on.
General properties of matter:
The specific characters of the Pudgalas (Matter) are of two kinds, (1) those which are found in atoms as well as in aggregates, and (2) those which are found only in aggregates. Quali. ties of touch, taste, smell and colour come under the first head. The original Pudgalas being homogeneous and inderterminate, all sensible qualities including the infrasensible qualities of atoma, are the result of evolution ( fola ). Every atom has thus evolved possess and infrassensible (or potential ) taste, smell and colour; ( one kind of each ) and two infrasensible tactile qualities e. g. a certain degree of roughness or smoothness (or dryness and moistness ?) and of heat or cold. Earth-atoms, Apatoms etc are but
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