A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c11.77

v1.c11.77

With respect to their division into atoms (paramāṇu), the component parts of the body are countless, because these atoms are present in very large numbers, of very minute size and imperceptible. Conjunction (saṃyoga) and disjunction (vibhāga) of the atoms is caused by vāyu and the own nature (svabhāva) of karman (movement) (7.17).