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Twenty-first: Understanding the Body-Institution-Position] [413 The body can be compared to the subtle, microscopic, or linga body described in the Sankhya and other philosophies, which can be compared to the Karman body according to Jainism. 'First, the distinctions, institutions, and proofs of the Audarik body have been taken together in order. / In the enumeration of the distinctions of the Audarik body, as many distinctions of the Audarik body have been counted as there are distinctions of living beings from one-sensed to five-sensed human beings. The institution of the Audarik body - its form - has also been considered in the same order of living beings. The earth-bodied is like a lentil, the water-bodied is like a still drop of water, the fire-bodied is like a pile of needles, the air-bodied is like a flag, and the plant-bodied is of various kinds. The two-sensed to four-sensed and the fully-developed five-sensed have a hudak institution. Except for the fully-developed, the other Audarik-bodied beings have six types of institutions. The proofs of the Audarik and other bodies, i.e., height, have also been considered in relation to the one-sensed and other beings. The Vaikriya body has also been considered according to the distinctions of living beings. Among them, the cloud-sufficient air and the five-sensed Tiryanchas have the said body in the number of years of life, sufficient womb-born, and among the sufficient humans, it is only the future of the karma-field. All the gods and narakas have a Vaikriya body, this has been stated and its nature has been described. The Bhavadharani and Uttarvaikriya, both have been kept in mind. * The Aharak body is of only one type. It is only for the prosperous, deluded, restrained human being of the karma-field. / Its institution is square. The excellent height is as much as a full hand. / * The Tejas and Karman bodies are for all beings from one-sensed to five-sensed. / Therefore, there are as many distinctions of it as there are distinctions of beings. The understanding of the Tejas and Karman bodies has been considered with the goal of the death-causing-destruction. The understanding of where the being goes after death is mentioned here. * The fourth gate also mentions how many directions the pudgals are chosen, increased, and decreased for the formation of the body. * The fifth gate mentions how many bodies can be in one being at the same time. / * The sixth gate discusses the scarcity and abundance of the substances and regions of the body. / * The seventh gate expounds the scarcity and abundance of understanding in relation to the inferior, medium, and excellent. / All these topics are clear in the original text. 1. (a) 'Bhagavati 171 Mu. 592 (b) Taittiriyopanishad Bhriguvalli (Velvalkar) (c) Marayakarika (Velvalkar and Ganhe) 2. Pannavanasuna Bha. 2, p. 117 3. Bahi, Bha. 2, p. 118 4. Ibid., Bha. 2, p. 119