Assertion: atom | /r/HasProperty | paramanu
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text: In ancient India, the Buddhists, the Hindus and the Jains each developed a particulate theory of matter, positing that all matter is made of atoms (paramanu, pudgala) that are in itself "eternal, indestructible and innumerable" and which associate and dissociate according to certain fundamental natural laws to form more complex matter or change over time.