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Libido And Gender -
Nārakasammūrchino napunisakāni || 50 ||
Na devāḥ || 51 ||
The hellish beings and the agglutinated beings are neuters. The Heavenly beings are not so. (50-51)
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Life-span -
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TATTVARTHA SUTRA : LIVING BEINGS : 37
Aupapātikacaramadehottamapuruṣāasankhyeyavar– sayusoanapavartyāyusah || 52 ||
Living beings with Aupapātika (suddenly manifested) birth e.g. the hellish and the heavenly beings, the Caramadehī - the final bodied (One who takes the final birth before liberating to moksa or nirvana), the (spiritually) accomplished and highly noble persons, and the ones endowed with a life-span of innumerable years have immutable or irreducible life-spans. (52)
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