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molecules of mano-vargaņās. Tbe thought forms gets shape through mano-varganās and these flit across leaving behind their traces in the form of thought-processes. These thought-processes have their different types of durations. Some continue to remain in the mind, some flash across the mind and some create impact in the mind as mental traces through the mano-vargaņās. These mano-vargaņās, therefore, leave the mnemic traces on the cerebral and have their effect on body.
In short, a samsārī jīva is very closely associated with various forms as in the form of gross bodies and the subtle body and in the mental functions. In this sense, we can say the matter has a tremendous influence on the functions of the jīva and the formation of the universe as such.
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