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## First Understanding: The Plant-bodied (Bādar Vanaspatikāyika)
**[59] Roots, stems, bark, branches, corals, leaves - each of these is a single-bodied being. Their flowers are multi-bodied, and their fruits are single-seeded.** This describes single-seeded trees. What are multi-seeded trees? Multi-seeded trees are of many types, such as Astika, Tendu, Amber, Kabith, Pravala, Panas, Dadim, Nyagrodha, Kadumbar, Tilaka, Lakuch (Lavaka), Lodhra, Dhawa, and others of this kind. Their roots are countless-bodied, and their fruits are multi-seeded. This describes multi-seeded beings. Along with this, the description of trees is also given. In this way, as stated in the Prajñāpanā, it should be said here, from "other types" to "Kuhan".
**Gāthārtha:** The arrangements of trees are of various kinds. The leaves and stems of Tāla, Sarala, and Nārikeli trees are single-bodied. Just as a block made of sesame seeds mixed with smooth substances is uniform, but the seeds within it are separate, so too are the body aggregates of each being. Just as there are many separate sesame seeds in a sesame cake, so too are the body aggregates of each being separate, yet they are in the form of a community. This describes the plant-bodied beings (Bādar Vanaspatikāyika).
**Vivecana:** Those who have the name "Bādar" are called plant-bodied beings (Bādar Vanaspatikāyika). There are two types of these: each-bodied (Pratyekasharīrī) and ordinary-bodied (Sādhāraṇasharīrī). Those beings who have separate bodies are each-bodied, and those beings who have a combined body are ordinary-bodied. These two threads describe the plant-bodied beings (Bādar Vanaspatikāyika).
Twelve types of each-bodied plant-bodied beings (Bādar Pratyekasharīrī Vanaspatikāyika) have been mentioned. They are as follows:
1. **Vṛkṣa:** Trees like Neem, Mango, etc.
2. **Guccha:** Plant-like beings like Brinjal, etc.
3. **Mulma:** Flower-bearing plants like Navamalika, etc.
4. **Latā:** Vines that climb on trees, like Champakalatā, etc.
5. **Valli:** Vines that spread on the ground, like Kasmāṇḍa, Apūṣī, etc.
6. **Parvag:** Plants with knots, like Iksu, etc.
7. **Tṛṇa:** Green grasses like Dūba, Kāsa, Kuśa, etc.
8. **Valaya:** Those with round bark, like Ketaki, Kadali, etc.
9. **Harita:** Green vegetables like Bathu, etc.
10. **Auṣadhi:** Grains like Wheat, etc., which dry up when they ripen.
11. **Jalasah:** Plants that grow in water, like Lotus, Singhada, etc.
12. **Kuhan:** Plants that grow by breaking the ground, like Mushrooms (Chatrak), etc.