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THE JAINA PHILOSOPHY
interact with the psychical existence the last four are chatuhsparsi while the first four are aşțasparsi
The qualities of dryness and unctuousness play a. very important part in the formation of material bodies and we shall discuss this important quality in greater detail later when discussing the primary qualities of paramānus 18
Sir James Jeans defines substantialty as a purely mental concept measuring direct effect of objects or our sense of touch This underlines the importance of the quality of touch The qualities of hotness and coldness are equivalent to the property of temperature in science. Chatuhsparsim bodies will, therefore, be dry & hot or dry & cold or unctuous & hot or unctuous & cold Heaviness and lightness are indicative of the mass of the bodies Hardness and softness (roughness and smoothness) indicate the condition of the surface of the body to the sense-organs of the touch The last four types of sparsa are acquired by aşisparsi bodies only Chatulisparsi bodies are therefore devoid of mass (III) SMELL AND TASTE
By virtue of their inherent quality of smell material objects can be perceived by the olfactory organs There are infinite varieties of smell but they are broadly divided into two categories (1) pleasant and (11) unpleasant Smell is an important attribute of matter for the trindriya-creatures having three sense organs The scientific vicw of smell is that there are volatile components in the composition of material objects, which stimulate the olfactory or gans of living beings Like colour, smell can be split and analysed by gas chromatographic and mass
18 Sce pp 143-45 bclos
