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## Introduction
The topic under consideration naturally draws the reader's attention to the *Jīvasthāna* section of the *Ṣaṭkhaṇḍāgama*. The second sūtra of the *Jīvasthāna* section is:
"**Etto imesi cohasanham jīvasamāsaṇam magganaṭṭhadāe tattha imāṇi coddasa ceva dvāṇāṇi ṇāyavāṇi bhavanti.**"
This sūtra uses the term "**jīvasamāsa**" for the fourteen *guṇasthānas*. This sūtra was before *Sarvārthasiddhikāra*. He also used the term "**jīvasamāsa**" for *guṇasthāna*. For example:
"**Eteṣāmeva jīvasamāsānām nirūpaṇārtha caturdaśa mārganaṣṭhānāni jñeyāni.**"
Further, understand how *Jīvasthāna* is followed in *Sarvārthasiddhi* through the following table:
## *Jīvasthāna* and *Sarvārthasiddhi*
| *Jīvasthāna* | *Sarvārthasiddhi* |
|---|---|
| **Satprūpaṇā** | **Santparūvaṇadāe duviho ṇiddesso ogheṇa** |
| **Sāmānyena** | **Y॥8॥** |
| **Viśeṣeṇa** | **Ogheṇa atthi micchāiṭṭhī ॥9॥ sāsaṇ** |
| **Sāmānyena** | **Asti mithyādrṣṭiḥ sāsaadana. Sammāiṭṭhī. 10।।......** |
| **Viśeṣeṇa** | **Gatyānuvādena narakagatī sarvāsu tirikṣagatī maṇumagatī devagatī siddhagatī cedi | Pṛthivīṣu ādyāni caturāri guṇasthānāni santi. Tiriy124 । ṇera'iyā cauṭṭāṇesu asthi micchāiṭṭhī sāsaṇ- | ggatau tānyeva saṃyatāsaṃyataṣṭhānādhikāni santi. Maṇuṣya sammāiṭrī sammāmicchāiṭṭhī asan jadasaṃmāiṭṭhī tti | Gatī caturdaśāpi santi. Devagato nārakavat. ॥25॥ Tirikṣā pañcasu ṭhāṇesu atthi micchāiṭrī ......saṃjadā-saṃjadā tti ॥ 26 ।। Maṇussā coddasasu guṇadāṇesu atthi micchāiṭṭhī......ajogikevali tti ॥27॥ Devā cadasu hāṇesu atthi micchā'idrī... . asanjadasaṃmāiṭṭhiti. ।। 28॥** |
| **Indriyāṇuvādena** | **Asthi e'indriyā bī'indriyā** |
| **Indriyāṇuvādena** | **Eke'indriyādiṣu caturindriyati'indriyā catur'idriyā pañc'idriyā aṇ'idriyā cedi paryanṭeṣu ekameva mithyādrṣṭisthānam. Pañcendriyeṣu catur॥33॥ e'indriyā bī'indriyā tī'indriyā cari'idriyā | rdaśāpi santi. 'Asanipañc'idriyā ekkami ceva micchāiṭridrāṇe. ।। 36॥ Pañc'idriyā asanṇipañc'idiyapphuḍi jāva ajogikevali tti ॥ 37॥** |
| **Kāyāṇuvādena** | **Asthi puḍhavikā'iyā ā'ukā** |
| **Kāyāṇuvādena** | **Pṛthivīkāyādivanaspathikā'iyā te'ukā'iyā vā'ukā'iyā vaṇappha'ikā'iyā tasakā-yānteṣu ekameva mithyādrṣṭisthānam. Trasakāyeṣu catur'iyā akā'iyā cedi. ।। 39 ।। Puḍhavikā'iyā...vaṇappha- daśāpi santi. Ikā'iyā ekkami ceva micchāiṭritrāṇe. ।। 43॥ Tasakā'iyā bī'indriyappḍi jāva ajogikevali tti 144॥** |
There are two schools of thought in the *āgama* tradition regarding this topic: whether *sāsādanasamyakdrṣṭi* are born as *eke'indriyās* after death. *Kṣayaprābhṛta* supports this school of thought. However, according to the *Ṣaṭkhaṇḍāgama*, those *sāsādanasamyakdrṣṭi* who are born as *eke'indriyās* after death, have a *mithyādrṣṭi* *guṇasthāna* at the time of their first birth as *eke'indriyās* as a matter of rule. This is the reason why the *Jīvasthāna* *satprūpaṇā* sūtras have a single *mithyādrṣṭi* *guṇasthāna* for *eke'indriyās*.