The Doctrine of the Jainas, Described after the Old Sources c8.35

c8.35

As is the case with all sensuous qualities, also these two *lukkha* and *niddha* (Viy. 638 b *lukkhā* and *alukkhī*) exist in gradations (*guṇa*), as is presupposed by Viy. 878 a, whereas in Viy. 394 b they are but hinted at by *vemāya-niddhayā* etc. According to T. 5, 33 the lowest grades will not merge because they lack sufficient power to assimilate (*śakti* Siddh.); it takes at least two grades of difference to make this power effective (T. 5, 35), and that is why only equal grades—though only *s+r*, not *s+s* (T. 5, 34)—will assimilate, and, accordingly, only the lower grade to the higher.