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404 1. Scientific Contents in Prākṛta Canons
Table 1: Six groupings of the Living Beings
No. Source
No. of
Name
Grouping
6
1. Acārānga, 1. 2
2. Acārānga, 1.9
3. Sūtrakṛtānga
4. Sūtrakṛtänga, 1. 7
5. Sūtrakṛtānga, 1. 9
6. Ibid 1. 11
7. Daśavaikā
lika, 4
8. Daśavaika
lika, 8
9. Uttara
dhyayana, 36
10. Satkhaṇḍāgama, 1. 39
11. Mūlācāra-1,
204
12. Jivābhigama
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6
6
6
6
6
6
6
7
7
7
(Earth, water, fire, air) bodies, plants, mobiles.
(Earth, fire, water, air) bodies, (seeds, green plants, algae ), mobiles.
Rākṣasa, Yamalaukika, Asura, Gandharva, Khecara, Sthalacara. (Earth, fire, water, air) bodies, (trees, seeds, grass ), Mobiles (Incubatory, umbilical, juical, sweatal ).
(Earth, fire, water, air) bodies, (trees, seeds, grass etc. 10), ( incubatory, umbilical, un-umbilical, juical, sweatal, ground sprouts). (Earth, fire, water, air) bodies, ( grass, seeds etc. 10) mobiles. (Earth, fire, water, air) bodies, plants, mobiles.
(Earth, fire, water, air) bodies, ( grass, tree, seeds etc. ), mobiles. (Earth, water) bodies, plants, mobiles, (air, fire, intentional mobiles).
(Earth, fire, water, air) bodies, plants, mobiles, unembodied livings. (Earth, fire, water, air) bodies, plants, mobiles, liberated beings. (Earth, water, plants, air, fire) mobiles, liberated beings.
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