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Elaboration-One-sensed living beings are basically of five types-- earth-bodied and the like. Out of them every subtle and every gross living being is of two types. The plant-bodied living beings have two more categories-namely one living being in one body and infinite number of living beings in one body. They are described as under
Plant bodied
Subtle
Gross
fully developed
Under developed
One soul in one body
Infinite souls in one body
fully Under fully Under
developed developed developed developed Subtle-Due to subtle name bearing Karma, the immobile living being that have extremely subtle body which cannot be seen by the naked eye. They can be seen only by those who have transcendental knowledge (Avadhi Jnani). The entire world is full of such living beings.
Gross (Badar)—Due to gross name bearing Karma, the body of these living beings is comparatively gross. One can be subtle compared to one living being and gross compared to another living being. A living being may have gross body compared to that of one living being and a subtle body compared to another living being. But the distinction between subtle and gross should be clearly understood. The distinction here is because of the prevalence of name bearing Karma. Some mobile living beings have extremely subtle body. Their body cannot be seen with the naked eye. The body of sammurchhim human beings is also so subtle that they cannot be seen with the eye. But here those living beings are not considered because they do not fall in this category of subtle namebearing Karma.
Pratyek Sharir-It is a type of plant-bodied living being. A living being that is having one soul in one body is called pratyek shariri living being.
श्रु.१, प्रथम अध्ययन : हिंसा आश्रय
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Sh.1, First Chapter: Violence Aasrava
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