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## Chapter Eighteen
**267** Earth-bodied beings are like lentils in form, water-bodied beings are like drops of water on the tip of a blade of grass, fire-bodied beings are like upright needles, and air-bodied beings are like flags. Plant-bodied beings are of many forms. Hell-beings and those with impaired senses are known to have a form like a lump. **7**
Those with six forms are called Tiryanchas, and the gods are said to have a square form. **72**
The body of a subtle Nigoda being is an immeasurable fraction of an angula (finger width). At the third moment after birth, it is very small. **73**
The body of beings with one sense up to those with five senses, which have subtle and gross distinctions, is also an immeasurable fraction of an angula, if it is very small. **74**
The body of all one-sensed beings is considered to be the size of a lotus, which is a thousand yojanas (leagues) in diameter and one kosha (league) in circumference. **75**
The largest form of two-sensed beings is a conch, which is twelve yojanas in size. The largest form of three-sensed beings is a palm tree, which is three koshas in size. The largest form of four-sensed beings is a bumblebee, which is one yojana and four koshas in size. The largest form of five-sensed beings is a Raghava fish from the ocean of self-existence, which is a thousand yojanas in size. The smallest form of five-sensed beings is a Sikkha fish. **76-77**
The smallest form of Tiryanchas born from Sammoochchhana (spontaneous generation) and who are aquatic, terrestrial, and aerial, is one vitasti (span) in size. **78**
The smallest form of Tiryanchas born from the womb, who are aquatic, terrestrial, and aerial, and those born from Sammoochchhana, who are aquatic and aerial, is one dhanu (bow) in size. **79-80**
Aquatic beings born from the womb and who are perfect are five hundred yojanas in size. The lifespan of humans and Tiryanchas who have three palya (a measure of time) is one crore years. **81, 64-69**