Thus matter is something that disappears. The impenetrability is defined as the fact that space occupied by one of them cannot at the same time be occupied by another. Their grossness is because of their greatness and because of their being the support of all other forms. A Hardness is the earth element. Adhesion is the water element Heat is the fire element.
Motion is the air element.
The Abhidharmako a also explains the different meaning of the word p ithiv in the sense of a bh ta and in the common usage. This peculiarity of the Buddhist terms is already mentioned in the beginning. What is the distinction between the earth and the earth element. We have already seen that the matter is atomic. The dravyaparam us do not appear separately.