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[370] The six-fold difference (heenaadhik) is in relation to the *Prajnapanasutra* and the synonyms of *achakshudarshan*. For this reason, O Gautama! It is said that there are infinite synonyms of the plant-bodied beings.
**Discussion - The prototype of the infinite synonyms of the five stationary beings:** In the present five sutras (Sutras 443 to 447), the infinite-infinite synonyms of each of the five one-sensed stationary beings, from the earth-bodied to the plant-bodied, have been described separately.
**The infinity of the synonyms of the earth-bodied etc. one-sensed beings:** From different perspectives - in relation to the previous immersion, it is four-fold difference, in relation to the state, it is three-fold difference, and in relation to all color, smell, taste, and touch, and in relation to the synonyms of *mati-ajnan*, *shruta-ajnan*, and *achakshudarshan*, it has been shown that each of these one-sensed beings has infinite synonyms separately.
Where there is four-fold difference (in immersion), there one earth-bodied etc. is an innumerable part, a countable part, or a countable multiple, or an innumerable multiple less than another earth-bodied etc., or it is an innumerable part, a countable part, or a countable multiple, or an innumerable multiple more.
Although the immersion of the earth-bodied beings is the innumerable part of a finger, there are innumerable distinctions even in the innumerable part of a finger. Therefore, there is no contradiction in the aforementioned four-fold difference of the earth-bodied beings.
Where there is three-fold difference (in state), the difference in the earth-bodied etc. should be understood in this way. One one-sensed being is an innumerable part or a countable part less than another one-sensed being, or it is a countable multiple less, or it is an innumerable part more, a countable part more, or a countable multiple more.
There is no four-fold difference in their state, because innumerable multiple loss and innumerable multiple increase are not possible in them.
The reason for this is that the lowest lifespan of the earth-bodied etc. is limited to the small-birth-grasping. The size of the small-birth is only two hundred and fifty-six *pravalika*. One *muhurt* is two *ghadi*.
And in this one *muhurt*, there are 65,536 births.
In addition, the highest state of the earth-bodied etc. is also only of countable years. Therefore, there cannot be innumerable multiple loss-increase (less-more) in them.
Now, the matter of innumerable part, countable part, and countable multiple loss-increase is as follows:
For example, the state of one earth-bodied being is complete 22,000 years, and that of another is one time less than 22,000 years. Of these, the earth-bodied being with the complete 22,000-year state will be called an innumerable part less than the earth-bodied being with the state of one time less than 22,000 years, while the other will be called an innumerable part more.
Similarly, one has a complete 22,000-year state, while the other has 22,000 years less than the internal *muhurt* etc. The internal *muhurt* etc. is the countable part of twenty-two thousand years. Therefore, the one with the state of 22,000 years less than the internal *muhurt* is a countable part less than the one with the complete 22,000-year state, and the one with the state of 22,000 years less than the internal *muhurt* is a countable part more than it.
Similarly, one earth-bodied being has a complete 22,000-year state, and the other has an internal *muhurt*, one month, one year, or one thousand years. The internal *muhurt* etc. becomes 22,000 years when multiplied by a fixed number.
Therefore, the earth-bodied being with the lifespan of the internal *muhurt* etc. is a countable multiple less than the one with the complete twenty-two thousand year state, and it is a countable multiple more than it.