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17. Manahśīlā
27. Markata 18. Sasyaka (a variety of emerald) 28. Bhujamocaka 19. Anjana
29. Indranila 20. Pravālakal
30. Chandana 21. Abhraka Bālukā
31. Pulaka 22. Abhrapatala
32. Saugandhika 23. Gomedaka
33. Chandraprabha 24. Rucaka
34. Vaidurya 25. Anka
35. Jalakānta 26. Sphatika
36. Süryakānta According to the Brhadvrtti commentary on the Uttarādhyayanasūtra Lohitākṣa and Masāragalla are species of sphatika and Marakata respectively.2
The gross water-bodied beings (sthūla jala) can be divided into 5 types, as : (1) Suddha udaka (pure water), (2) Osa udaka (dew), (3) Haratanu (green bodied) (4) Koharā (fog) and (5) Hima (ice).3
The gross vegetable kingdom is of two types, as : (1) pratyeka šariri (having separate bodies) and (2) sādhārana śarīri (having one body). The being having one jīva in one body is called pratyeka śarīri, but, if one body contains innumerable jivas (living cells) it is called sādhārana sariri.
Pratyekasariri being in the vegetable kingdom are of twelve types as : 1. Vrkņa (tree)
8. Parvaga 2. Guccha
9. Kuhuna 3. Gulma
10. Jalaja 4. Latā (creeper)
11. Auşadhitrana (medicinal grass) 5. Valli (plant)
12. Haritakāya (green bodied 6. Trana (blade of grass)
plant) 7. Latāvalaya (encircling creepers)
The beings of sädhārana sarira have innumerable types like
1 Kauțiliya Arthaśāstra, 11, 36. 2 Uttarādhyayana brhadyrtti, patra 689. 3 Uttarādhyayana, 36, 86. • 4 Uttarādhyayana, 36, 95-96.
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