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[140] [Jivajivaabhigamsutra 222. Bhagavan! How many types of Nigoda are there? Gautama! There are two types of Nigoda - Nigoda and Nigodajiva! Bhagavan! How many types of Nigoda are there? Gautama! There are two types - Sukshma Nigoda and Badar Nigoda / Bhagavan! How many types of Sukshma Nigoda are there? Gautama! There are two types - Paryaptak and Aparyaptak / Badar Nigoda are also of two types - Paryaptak and Aparyaptak / Bhagavan! How many types of Nigodajiva are there? Gautama! There are two types - Sukshma Nigodajiva and Badar-Nigodajiva / Sukshma Nigodajiva are of two types - Paryaptak and Aparyaptak / Badar Nigodajiva are also of two types - Paryaptak and Aparyaptak / Vivechan Nigoda is a technical term in Jain philosophy, which means the base or support of infinite beings. Generally, Nigoda is a subtle and ordinary plant form, however, it has a separate identity. Therefore, it has been said to be of two types - Nigoda and Nigodajiva / Nigoda is the basic body of infinite beings and Nigodajiva is the infinite beings with different Tejas-Karman bodies residing in one Audarik body. 'Pagam' says - This whole world is filled with Sukshma Nigodas like a container filled with collyrium powder. This world filled with Nigodas is called "Golak" because of the innumerable Nigodas being circular and large in size / There are innumerable such spheres and in each sphere there are innumerable Nigodas and in each Nigoda there are infinite beings. Both Nigoda and Nigodajiva are of two types - Sukshma Nigoda and Badar Nigoda / Sukshma Nigoda are present in the whole world and Badar Nigoda are in the form of roots, tubers etc. Both these Sukshma and Badar Nigodajiva are of two types - Paryaptak and Aparyaptak / 223. Nigoda, Bhagavan! Are they countable, uncountable or infinite in terms of matter? Gautama! They are countable, uncountable, not infinite / Similarly, in terms of being Paryaptak and Aparyaptak / Suhamani Nigoda, Bhagavan! Are they countable, uncountable or infinite in terms of matter? Gautama! They are not countable, uncountable, not infinite / Similarly, in terms of being Paryaptak and Aparyaptak / Similarly, in terms of being Paryaptak and Aparyaptak, Badar Nigoda are not countable, uncountable, not infinite / Nigodajiva, Bhagavan! Are they countable, uncountable or infinite in terms of matter? Gautama! They are not countable, not uncountable, infinite. Similarly, in terms of being Paryaptak and Aparyaptak / Similarly, in terms of being Paryaptak and Aparyaptak, Suhamani Nigodajiva / Similarly, in terms of being Paryaptak and Aparyaptak, Badar Nigodajiva / Nigoda, Bhagavan! Are they countable, uncountable or infinite in terms of space? Gautama! They are not countable, not uncountable, infinite. Similarly, in terms of being Paryaptak and Aparyaptak / Similarly, in terms of being Paryaptak and Aparyaptak, Suhamani Nigoda / In terms of space, all are infinite / Similarly, in terms of being Paryaptak and Aparyaptak, Badar Nigoda / In terms of space, all are infinite. 1. There, Nigoda are special types of Jivaashraya, Nigodajiva are different Tejas-Karmanajiva.