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JAIN PIIILOSOPIIY & MODERN SCIENCE 'matter in modern science and the pudgala in the Jain philosophy are one and the same thing. I
Four Divisions of Pudgala' The 'pudgala', as a substance, which is pervading the whole universe, is called "pudgalastıkaya". From the elementary indivisible particles, to the entire substance, it can be classified in four division
(1) Skandha, (2) Skandha-desha, (3) Skandhar pradesh, (4) Paramanu
SSKANDHA Skhandha is defined as an individual aggregate formed by combination of elementary particles 'In other words, Skandha is an association of two or more up to infinite number of paramanus In addition to this, it should be understood that, just as skandha is the combination of two or more paramanus, the same is the entity formed by the combination of two or more skandhas themselves, and in the same way, the decomposition of a 'skandha' into entities consisting of more than one paramanu, are also 'skandhas' Thus a 'skandha' consists of a minimum of two paramanus and is called a 'dvi-pradeshiya skandha' Sometimes, it so happens that utinite number of paramanus join together naturally, forraing a 'skandha' whose volume is cqual to the volune of universe, and this is called 'Ashes Loka Vyapımaha Skandha.
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Bhagwata Sutra 2|10|66Shri Jain Siddhanta Dipika 1-11. Ibid 1-15 Toid 1-16
