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## Chapter Two
[125] In all three categories of existence, there is the concept of a body. The body is called *pṛthvīkāya* when it is abandoned by a *pṛthvīkāyika* jīva. This *pṛthvīkāya* is like the body of a dead human. A *pṛthvīkāyika* is one who possesses a *pṛthvīkāya*. The soul is bound to this body. A *pṛthvījīva* is one who does not yet possess a *pṛthvīkāya* as a body, as the karma that would give rise to such a body has not yet matured. The same logic applies to the other categories of existence. These five types of beings are stationary.
**Question:** How many *prāṇas* do they have?
**Answer:** They have four *prāṇas*: *sparśaindriyaprāṇa*, *kāyabalaprāṇa*, *ucchvāsa-niḥśvāsa-prāṇa*, and *āyuḥprāṇa*.
8287. Now, to understand who the *trasas* are, the next sūtra states:
**Two-sense beings, etc., are *trasas*.** [14]
8288. A being with two senses is called a *dvīndriya*. The term "etc." indicates a sequence.
**Question:** Where is this sequence explained?
**Answer:** In the scriptures.
**Question:** What is the order?
**Answer:** Two-sense, three-sense, four-sense, and five-sense beings. The term *tadguṇasaviṣṇānavṛttigrahaṇa* implies that two-sense beings are also included.
**Question:** How many *prāṇas* do these beings have?
**Answer:** Two-sense beings have six *prāṇas*, the four mentioned earlier plus *rasanavākaprāṇa*. Three-sense beings have seven *prāṇas*, the six mentioned earlier plus *ghrāṇaprāṇa*. Four-sense beings have eight *prāṇas*, the seven mentioned earlier plus *cakṣuḥprāṇa*. Five-sense beings, if they are *tiryañc* and *asaṁjñī*, have nine *prāṇas*, the eight mentioned earlier plus *śrotraprāṇa*. If they are *saṁjñī*, they have ten *prāṇas*, the nine mentioned earlier plus *manobala*.
1. *Jīva*. It is said: "Earth, *pṛthvīkāya*, *pṛthvīkāyika*, *pṛthvījīva*. The body is taken from the general category and is then abandoned." - *Eva-mu*.
2. "The *bahuvrīhi* compound *tadguṇasaviṣṇānavṛtti*." - *Pari.-śe. p. 4, 4*.
3. *Balādhikāḥ*, *Ā.*., *Di. 1, Di. 21*.