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ATOM IN JAIN
PHILOSOPHY 51
slanices !! Though time by itself cannot cause a substance to exist, continuity of existence implies duration in terms of time Mutation or change or modes also cannot be conceived without time because change naturally implies temporal succession in which the modification takes place Similarly motion implies different positions in space of an object in temporal succession Lastly, time causes the distinction between the old and the new the before and the after The ultimate indivışıble unit of time ie time-point is called Samaya
After this brief description of the six ultimate realities we are now ready to take up discussion on pudgalūstikāya
PUDGALA DEFINITION & CLASSIFICATION MEANING OF THE WORD 'Pudgala
Matter is called pudgala by Jains The usage of this word 'pudgala’ is not found in any other philosophy except Buddhist where also it is in quite a different sense viz, consciousness It has the following derivation 12
'Pud' means to combine and gala' means to separate Hence the basic meaning of the word Pudgala is 'That which undergoes modifications by combination and separation' in the words of the modern science we can say that which is fissonable and fusionable is 'pudgala'
11 Kalah Somayādih Vartană parinăn.a krijā paranāparat vādıbhir lahziah
Jaina Siddhănta Dipikā, 1 22-23 12 Sabda Kalpadruma Kosa
