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than a second). But after the lapse of the abovementioned time it is sure to come to rest or become inert
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Nothing can stop the motion of a 'paramanu'. It can penetrate and pass through the thickest iron wall in its natural course A mountain cannot stop it It can pass through the strongest electric field There is only one thing that can affect the motion of 2 paramanu —a headlong collision of two fast moving paramanus-and then both of them will be mtually
affected
Licrostatics or Occupation of Space by Paramanus
A very astonishing property of a Paramanu is its capacity to occupy the same space-point which is also occupied by another Paramanu or by an aggregate of infinite number of 'Paramanus This is due to the amazing microspatial property of the Paramanu to occupy space Acharya Pujyapad, the author of the work 'Sarvartha-siddhi' has raised a question on this and has himself given a beautiful solution. He questions 25 "How can this universe consisting of countless and not infinite space-points be the container of the aggregates consisting of infinite number of paramanus?" The answer given by him is: "Due to the amazing property of 'infinite compressibility of the micro-matter', aggregates consisting of infinite 'Paramanus', may occupy only a single space
'infinite' is much
28 According to Jain mathmeatics greater than 'Countless'
