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(640) The substance matter is of two kinds-in the form of an atom (paramāņu) and in the form of molecules. Molecules are of six kinds, while the atoms are of two kinds.
METAPHYSICS
(641) Gross-gross, gross, gross-fine, fine-gross, fine and fine-fine-these are the six kinds of the aggregate matter (skandha Pudgal). The earth etc. are its six examples.
(642) The earth, the water, the shadow, the objects of four senses, (except sight), the Karmic matter and the atoms-these are the six different forms of matter.
(643) Such a substance, as is devoid of dimensions i. e. two extremes and the middle, unextended, not to be perceived by the sense-organs and indivisible, has been called atom by the Jinas.
(644) Like the molecules, the atoms also possess the attributes of colour, taste, smell and touch, they remain everchanging by getting conjoined and disjoint. They therefore are called Pudgala.
(645) That which lives, will live and has lived through the instrumentality of the four types of vitalities (prāņa) is called soul (Jiva) and the four types of vitality are life-force, organs, life-span and respiration.
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