Vishvarachna Prabandh

SR No.: 005589
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Darshanvijay
Publisher: Charitra Smarak Granthmala
Publication Year: 1927
Total Pages: 272
Language: Gujarati
Classification: Book_Gujarati
File Size: 21 MB

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પરિશિષ્ટ ૧ લુ.
( ૨૧૩ ) diffentiations of the originally homogeneous Pudgalas. The tactile qualities ( खर, स्निग्ध, उष्ण, शीत ) appear first, but qualities of taste, smell and colour are involved in the possession of tactile qualities. And aggregate (skandha) whether binary tertiary or of a higher order, possesses (in addition to touch, taste, smell and colour) the following Physical characters: (1) Sound, (2) atomic linking or mutual attraction and repulsion of atoms, (3) dimension, small or great, (4) figure, (5) divisibility (6) Opacity and casting of shadows, and (7) radiant heat and light.
Sensible qualities. Tactile qualities are of the following kinds-hardness or softness, heaviness or lightness (degrees of pressure ), heat or cold, and roughness or smoothness (or dryness and viscosity ?). Of these, the atoms ( Anus) possess only temperature, and degrees of roughness or smoothness, but all the four kinds of tactile qualities in different degrees and combinations characterise aggregates of matter from the binary molecule upwards. The Jains appear to have thought that gravity was developed in the lecules as the result of atomic linking. Simple tastes are of five kinds,-bitter, pungent, astringent, acid and sweet. Salt is supposed by some to be resolvable into sweet while others consider it as a compound taste. Smells are either pleasant or unpleasent. Mallishena notes some elementry varieties of unpleasant smell, e. g. the smell of asafoetida, ordure, etc. The simple colours are five:- black,
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