The Doctrine of the Jainas, Described after the Old Sources c8.39

c8.39

The transition from one *pariṇāma*³ to the next is described by synonyms as a process of motion; *paramāṇu-poggale (and khandhe) eyai veyai calai phandai ghaṭṭai khubbhai udīrai tam tam bhāvam pariṇamai* Viy. 232 b (after 182b). Aggregates will experience it either totally or partially. T. 5, 26 teaches a.o. that aggregates come about by an amalgamation of atoms as well as by the secreting of atoms (*sāhaṇā* and *bheya*, Viy. 567a), i.e. by giving away atoms. This theory may well go back to Viy. 743b, where it is said that of all *poggala* seized for the purpose of taking in matter (*geṇhai*) a being will retain (*āhārei*) 1/¿ and give away 1/∞ (*nijjarei*), that is to say *seya-kale*, during the vibration as which the transition manifests itself (*grahaṇantaram* Vy.), for with reference to *eya* all atoms and aggregates are called *seya* and *nireya* (*saija and nireja*).⁴ The act of motion passes in an incalculably small time, i.e. in 1/¿ *āvaliyā* at the very utmost, which is called *antara* (Viy. 234b, 883b).