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## Twelfth Body-State ] [ 115 Discussion - The quantity of bound and liberated Audārika etc. bodies of humans is presented in the Sutra (921-1-4)
The Sutra (921-1-4) describes the five bodies of humans, both bound and liberated, including the Audārika body. Bound and liberated bodies of humans are described as follows:
Bound Audārika bodies of humans are sometimes countable and sometimes uncountable. This means that humans are of two types - Garbhaja and Sammūcchima. Garbhaja humans (by their very nature) are always permanent. There is no time that is devoid of Garbhaja humans. However, Sammūcchima humans exist sometimes, and sometimes they are completely absent. This is because the lifespan of Sammūcchima humans is at most an Antarmuhūrta (a very short period of time). The interval between their births (the time of their absence) is said to be at most twenty-four Muhūrtas (a Muhūrta is a period of 48 minutes).
Therefore, during the time when Sammūcchima humans are completely absent, and only Garbhaja humans exist, the bound Audārika bodies are countable, because the number of Garbhaja humans is countable. They are finite in extent, being either in the form of a Mahāśarīra (a large body) or in the form of each individual body. When Sammūcchima humans exist, the number of humans becomes uncountable. Sammūcchima humans are, at most, as numerous as the number of regions of space in the uncountable part of the highest category.
In this regard, the original text states: "In the lowest category, they are countable." The lowest category refers to the place where the fewest humans are found. The question arises: Are these (the fewest humans) Sammūcchima or Garbhaja? The answer is that they are Garbhaja humans, who, being always permanent, are the fewest in the absence of Sammūcchima humans. In the highest category, both Garbhaja and Sammūcchima humans are included.
Here, the lowest category refers to countable humans. However, there are different types of countable numbers, so simply saying "countable" does not convey the specific number. Therefore, the scholars determine a specific number: the countable number is Koṭikoṭi (a very large number). To make this quantity even clearer, it is said: "Above three Yamalapas and below four Yamalapas." This means that the number of humans is represented by twenty-nine (29) digits, which will be explained further. According to the scholarly definition, a group of eight digits is called a "Yamalapada." Therefore, there are three Yamalapas of twenty-four (24) digits. After that (after 24 digits), five digit places remain. However, the fourth Yamalapada is completed with eight digits, leaving three digit places empty. Therefore, the fourth Yamalapada is not complete. For this reason, it is said here for the number of humans represented by 26 digits: "Above three Yamalapas and below four Yamalapas," meaning 29 digits.
Alternatively, two squares together make one Yamalapada. Four squares together make two Yamalapas, six squares together make three Yamalapas, and eight squares together make four Yamalapas. Therefore, saying "above six squares and below the seventh square" is the same as saying "above three Yamalapas and below four Yamalapas."
Now, the number of humans is explained even more clearly: The quantity that results from multiplying the fifth square by the sixth square is the number of humans in the lowest category. When one is multiplied by one, the product is one, and there is no increase in the number. Therefore, "one" is not counted as a square. However, when two is multiplied by two, the number 4 is obtained, which is the first square. When four is multiplied by four, the number 16 is obtained, which is the second square.