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THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE JAINAS.
This gatha gives us the Five hundred and seventy soul classes as shown in the table. For illustration, let us take the 10th variety. If we simply multiply it by one, irrespective of the distinction of developable, and non-developable, we get ten soul classes. If we distinguish them as developable and non-developable we shall have twenty soul classes. Again if we distinguish them as developable, potentially developable, and absolutely non-developable, we get thirty soul classes. Thus we have at the maximum thirty soul classes in the tenth variety, at the minimum ten classes, and at the medium twenty classes. Similarly, if we add all the classes in all the varieties from one to nineteen, we get at the minimum total 190, at the medium 380, and at the maximum 570 soul classes. The division of souls into 570 classes, it should be noted, is meant only for clear exposition and grasp of the different varieties of souls. Strict. ly and logically, there are only ninety-eight (98) soul classes, as shown in the following two gathas.
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