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Based on the time being dry or moist, the air in the body (स्थलस्थ वायु) becomes sentient (सचित्त) according to the day. 28. (In crossing a river etc.) the Muni uses the air in the body (स्थलस्थ वायु) which is situated in the chest (दृति) or the abdomen (वस्ति), or in a particular disease, the air is projected into the region of the anus (अपान प्रदेश). (This is the use of the air in the body) The Muni should avoid sentient (सचित्त) and mixed (मिश्र) air. 29. There are three types of plant bodies (वनस्पतिकाय): sentient (सचित्त), mixed (मिश्र), and non-sentient (अचित्त). There are two types of sentient plants: definitively sentient (निश्चयसचित्त) and practically sentient (व्यवहारसचित्त). 30. According to the definitive view (निश्चयनय), all infinite-bodied plants (अनन्तकाय वनस्पति) are sentient. According to the practical view (व्यवहारनय), all other plants are sentient. Wilted (म्लान) plants and ground rice etc. are mixed plant bodies (मिश्र वनस्पतिकाय). 31. Flowers, leaves, tender fruits, green (हरित) i.e. rice (ब्रीहि), and stalks, if they are wilted (म्लान), are non-sentient (अचित्त) plant bodies. 32. There are many uses of non-sentient plant bodies; for example, as coverings (संस्तारक), vessels (पात्र), sticks (दंडक), cloth (क्षौम), beds (पीढ़), planks (फलक), medicine (औषधि-हरीतकी etc.), and powders of various medicines (भेषज). 33-35. Two-sensed (द्वीन्द्रिय), three-sensed (त्रीन्द्रिय), four-sensed (चतुरिन्द्रिय), and five-sensed (पंचेन्द्रिय) beings are collected together in their respective species in groups of three, and that is called a group (पिंड). Its use is this: the use of two-sensed beings is in the form of conch shells (शंख), oysters (शुक्ति), and cloth (कपर्दक) etc. The use of three-sensed beings is in the form of termite mounds (दीमककृत वल्मीक) etc.
1. In a solitary and moist time, the air in the body (स्थलस्थ वायु) situated in the chest (दृति) or the abdomen (वस्ति) remains non-sentient (अचित्त) for one prahar. At the beginning of the second prahar, it becomes mixed (मिश्र), and at the beginning of the third prahar, it becomes sentient (सचित्त). In a moderately moist time, it remains non-sentient for two prahars, becomes mixed in the third prahar, and becomes sentient in the fourth prahar. In a slightly moist time, the air in the chest remains non-sentient for three prahars, becomes mixed in the fourth prahar, and becomes sentient in the fifth prahar. The same should be known for dry time. There, instead of prahars, one should increase the number of days. In a slightly dry time, the air in the abdomen remains non-sentient for one day, becomes mixed on the second day, and becomes sentient on the third day. In a moderately dry time, it remains non-sentient for two days, becomes mixed on the third day, and becomes sentient on the fourth day. In a highly dry time, it remains non-sentient for three days, becomes mixed on the fourth day, and becomes sentient on the fifth day (Pibha 12-14, Mavri p. 18). 2. Some parts of the powder may remain unground, so the powder is considered mixed, or some particles of freshly ground flour may remain unprocessed, so it is mixed. 3. There are two types of uses of two-sensed beings etc. for the virtuous: 1. from sound (शब्द) 2. from the body (शरीर). Astrologers consider the sound of the conch shell to be very auspicious, this is the use of two-sensed beings from sound etc. The body is used in three ways: 1. from the whole body 2. from a part of it 3. from another object produced by contact with the body. Pearls are produced by contact with the water that falls in the Swati constellation. The axle and the cloth are used in the establishment of the Samavasarana. The conch shell and the oyster are used to cure eye diseases (Mavri p. 20). 4. The mention of three etc. is by way of example. A group (पिण्ड) is also formed by the union of two (Mavri p. 19). 5. According to the commentator, the word 'परिभोग' here is used in the sense of means of action (Mavri p. 20).