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25. स्पर्शरसगन्धवर्ण वन्तः पुद्गलाः ॥ २६ ॥
Tattvārtha-sūtra, v, 23. Material things (pudgalāḥ) are distinguished by possession
of touch, taste, smell, and colour. 26. अणवः स्कन्धाश्च ॥ २५ ॥
Ibid. 25. latter is either atom (aņu) or molecule (skandha). 27. एयपदेसो वि अणू णाणाखंधप्पदेसदो होदि। वहुदेसो उवयारा तेण य काओ भणं ति सव्वगहू ॥ २६ ॥
Dravya-samgraha, 26. The atom, though it has only one spatial unit (pradeśa), yet, since in combination to form a molecule it fills many units, is by the all-knowing ones through associa
tion called body (kāya). 28. अईथूलथूलथूलं थूलं मुहुमं च मुहुमथूलं च ।
मुहुमं अई मुहुमं दि धरादियं होदि छब्भेदं । २१ ॥ भूपव्वदमादोया भणिदा अईथूलथूलमिदि खंधा। थूला इदि विमेया सप्पीजलतेलमादीया ॥ २२ ॥ छायातवमादीया थूलेदरखंधमिदि वियाणाहि । सुहुमथूलेदि भणिया खंधा चउरकव विसया य ॥ २३ ॥ मुहुमा हवंति खंधा पावोग्गा कम्मवग्गणस्स पुणो । तविवरीया खंधा अमुहमा इदि परूवेहि ॥ २४ ॥
Viyama-sära, 21-4. Matter is of six kinds-rery gross-gross (atisthila. sthüla), gross (sthūla), gross-fine (sthūla-sūkshma), finegross (sūkshma-sthūla), fine (sūkshma), and very fine (ati-sūkshma). Masses such as earth, mountains, etc., are called very gross-gross; as gross should be understood butter, water, oil, and so forth; shade, sunshine, and so
