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THE JAINA PHILOSOPHY
thickness Shape is quality of composite bodies 9 Transmutation--not a single paramánu can be
destroyed or transmuted into another substance nor another substance be transmuted to create a new paramāņu But paramāņus combine together to form composite bodies and the latter
may again dissociate into paramāņus 10 Roopatvam-though paramānu is beyond sensible
cognition it is roopi, it is not aroopi because it possesses sensible qualities of colour, etc and when synthesised in a composite body it ac
quires the quality of samsthāna (shape) also 11 Classification on the basis of the four innate
qualities of paramāņu there are, (5x5x2x4)=200 primary classes of paramanus And on the basis of intensities of these qualities, there would be infinite sub-classes of
each of these 200 classes 12 Parināma (mutation)-paramāņu being a
substance undergoes mutation. Its four innate qualities viz, colour, taste, smell and touch undergo mutation By itself it is shapeless and in the free state it does not assume any shape In the free state all mutations are of the visrasā type ie self-generated Also in the free state the mutation is only in the intensities of colour etc, ie X unit black changes to Y unit black but black does not become white or red etc but during and after union with others, change in colour (black changing to blue) etc, may also
take place 13 Agurulaghu-paramāņu is agurulaghu ie it is
neither heavy nor light This is another way of emphasising that it has no mass The qualities of guritya and laghutva are acquired later by
