Uttarajjhayana 211.22.p1.11_7

211.22.p1.11_7

egatteṇa puhatteṇa | khandhā ya paramāṇuṇo /
loegadese loe ya | bhaiyavvā te u khettao ||11||

Compound things and atoms occur as individual things and apart (or different from others), in the whole world and in parts of the world; this is their distribution with regard to place. (11)
Subtile things occur all over the world, gross things only in a part of it.
I shall now give their fourfold division with regard to time. (12)
With regard to the continuous flow (or development of a thing) it is without beginning and without end; but with regard to its existence (as an individual thing) it has both a beginning and an end. (13)
The longest duration of Things without life possessing form is an immeasurable period; the shortest one Samaya. (14)
The longest interruption in the existence of Things without life possessing form is an endless time; the shortest one Samaya. (15)
Their development is fivefold: with regard to 1. colour, 2. smell, 3. taste, 4. touch, and 5. figure. (16)
Those which develop with regard to colour are of five kinds: 1. black, 2. blue, 3. red, 4. yellow, 5. white. (17)
Those which develop with regard to smell are of two kinds: 1. sweet-smelling substances, and 2. of bad smell. (18)
Those which develop with regard to taste are of five kinds: 1. bitter, 2. pungent, 3. astringent, 4. sour, and 5. sweet. (19)
Those which develop with regard to touch are of eight kinds: 1. hard, 2. soft, 3. heavy, 4. light, 5. cold, 6. hot, 7. smooth, and 8. rough.
In this way the substances have been declared, which develop with regard to touch. (20, 21)