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________________ A CRITIQUE 145 3 Synthesis of paraniāņus having two or more units of dryness with all unctuous paramānus (except those with a single unit) is possible 38 The following points of similanty between the views of Jains and the modern science emerge from the above The dryness and unctuousness may in some respect be equated with the t ve and -ve electric charges of the elementary particles The interaction of the electronic shells of neighbouring atoms in a molecule, which creates the chemical bond necessary to keep them united, is then -equivalent to the interaction and union between paramānus of same type of sparsa ie sparśa equivalent to -ve charge The first completed shell consists of two electrons The minimum difference between the uniting paramānus of similar sparsa is two units The quality of mass does not play any significant role in the process of synthesis 38 The following table shows the permissible (or otherwise) combination of paramánus with different intensities of dryness and unctuousness Intensity of Sparsha Dry (-) with Dry (-) Dry (-) with Unctuous (+) with Unctuous (+) Unctuous (+) No No No NO No Unit + Unit No Unit + 2 Units No Urut + 3 Units No Unit + 4 or more units X units + X units No X units + (x+1) units No X units + (x+2) units Yes X units + X+3 or more units Yes X is greater than onc Yes Yes Yes Yes
SR No.011108
Book TitleTheory of Atom in Jaina Philosophy
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorJethalal S Zaveri, Mahendramuni
PublisherAgam and Sahitya Prakashan
Publication Year1975
Total Pages159
LanguageEnglish
ClassificationBook_English
File Size6 MB
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