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and take birth in a particular class. It is also a question as to whether or not all living beings are equally qualified to be born in all classes. Generally speaking all living beings can take birth in any of the classes. But here it is determined as to what class a living being should necessarily belong to in its immediately preceding birth if it is to take birth in a particular class. We give below the table.
Classes which living beings of the classes mentioned to the left should belong to in their imme. diately preceding births.
1. Naraka (class of infernal
beings)
1(a) All the classes of the
Tiryañca pañcendriya paryāpta excepting sthalacara and khecara quadrupeds having the life-span of asamkhyāta years
(639[1-22]). 1(b) A class of garbhaja parya
pta human beings born in Karmabhūmi and having their life-span of samkhyata years (639[23-26]).
(i) A class of infernal beings
born in hell I called Ratnaprabha
(i) The above (a) & (b) to be
repeated here (640).
(ii) A class of infernal beings
born in Sarkarā hell.
(ii) All the classes mentioned
in the above (a) and (b) except a class of sammurcchima tiryanca pañcendriya (641).
(iii) A class of infernal beings
born in Väluka hell.
(iii) All the classes that are
covered by (ii) except the class of bhujaparisarpa
(642)
(iv) A class of infernal beings
born in Panka-prabha hell.
(iv) All the classes that are
covered by (iii) except the class of of khecara
(643)
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