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THEORY OF ATOMI ed. of eight kinds of touches? It is noteworthy that Jain Philosophers have not accepted heaviness and lightness ie mass, as an original or primary property of matter. These also are the results of the acquired properties of the combination of different 'paramanus'. It is a subject of great importance for research work—that while being trans• formed from gross aggregates to fine ones the matter loses its mass etc and while being transformed from the fine to the gross the qualities of weight etc., are acquired Much lias been known about natural phenomenon such as lightning, meteors and rainbows in the modern science Concise but important data is also available in the Jain Philosophical literaLure The combination of paramanus into aggregates is termed as 'Bandha' This is of two main kinds-natural and artificial or synthetic Synthetic association is the result of an effort by an agent and has, therefore, an origin with respect to time Natural association does not envisage the effort of an animate agent These may or may not have any origin with respect to time Associations which have an origin are those which are formed and destroyed and reformed, but all, without any buman or animate agency Lightning, meteors and rainbows are instances of such associations
Answering the question. "How is the lightening caused ?", it is said that the properties of adhesiveness and dryness of the 'paramanus' are the
