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Twenty-first: The twenty-first chapter of the Avagaha-Samsthana-Pada, dealing with the meaning and structure of the text. 1474. There are seven gates in this twenty-first chapter: (1) Vidhi, (2) Samsthana, (3) Pramana, (4) Pudgalachinana, (5) Sarirasamjoga, (6) Dravya-Pradesha-Alpबहुत्व, and (7) Sarira-Avagaha-Alpबहुत्व. // 214 // [1474 Gatha-artha] (In this twenty-first chapter, there are seven gates-) (1) Vidhi, (2) Samsthana, (3) Pramana, (4) Pudgalachinana, (5) Sarirasamjoga, (6) Dravya-Pradesha-Alpबहुत्व, and (7) Sarira-Avagaha-Alpबहुत्व. / Discussion - The seven gates related to the body. In the present chapter, there is a description of the seven gates related to the body, whose names are given in the original Gatha. In the seven gates, special descriptions are given: (1) Vidhidwar - This describes the types of bodies and their various divisions, (2) Samsthanadwar - This describes the structure and form of the five types of bodies, (3) Pramanadwar - This describes the length and width (Avagaha) of the Audarik and other bodies, (4) Pudgalachinana-dwar - This describes how the Pudgalas of the Audarik and other bodies are chosen and how they increase in number from different directions, (5) Sarirasamjoga-dwar - This describes which bodies are necessarily connected to which other bodies and which are connected optionally, (6) Dravya-Pradesha-Alpबहुत्व-dwar - This describes the relative scarcity of bodies compared to Dravyas and Pradeshas, and (7) Sarira-Avagaha-Alpबहुत्व-dwar - This describes the relative scarcity of the Avagaha of the five bodies. 1-2-3. Vidhi-Samsthana-Pramanadwar 1475. How many bodies are there, O Bhagavan? [Gautama] There are five bodies. They are: (1) Audarik, (2) Vaikriyaka, (3) Aharaka, (4) Taijasa, and (5) Karmana. / Discussion - The five main types of bodies. The present Sutra describes the five main types of bodies. They are constantly being destroyed and renewed, therefore they are called bodies. / 1. Prajapana. Prameyavaadhini Toka Bha. 4, p. 584.