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PHILOSOPHY
Paryäptis and Präns Table 1 Type of Jivas
Abilities
Ekendriya
Dvindriyas
Treindriya
Chaurindriya
Asanini Panchendriya
Sanjni Panchendriya
Food
Body
Präna
Paryäptis and Präns Table 2 Type Category
Living beings with one sense
Living beings with having two senses
Living beings with having three
senses
Living beings with having four senses
Living beings with five senses but without a fully developed mind
Paryäpti Respiration
Speech
Mind
Touch
Ability to move
Respiration
Lifespan
Taste
Speech
Smell
Living beings with five senses with a mind
Sight
Hearing
Ability of rational thinking
One
sense
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
No
No
B04 Six Universal Substances I: Jiva or Living Being
Two
sense
Yes
Yes
Yes
-
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
Three
sense
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Paryäptis or Power Präns or Vitality
04
06
07
4
5
5
5
5
6
Four
sense
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
08
09
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
10
Asanjni
Five
sense
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Sanjni
Five
sense
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
05 Four Realms
These are various forms of living beings in this universe. At the same time every second, someone dies and someone is born. Nothing is permanent. This makes us wonder what happens to those who die, and who decides what one will be born as. Jainism explains this in a very simple and sound logical way based on karma theory. Due to the Karma associated with their souls, living beings have been going through the cycle of life and death in various life forms since time immemorial. The journey of soul through the cycles of birth and death ends when the soul becomes completely free of karma and attains liberation.
According to all Eastern religions including Jainism, there are four realms of life where one may be reborn after death. These are known as Gatis in Jain terminology. These realms of life are:
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