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on the basis of touch, only two distinctions-auspicious leshya and inauspicious leshya-have been analysed.
The first three leshyas are inauspicious or unclean. Their touch is harsh like that of the cow's dung, and sharp like the teeth of a hand saw or the leaves of shäk trees. The remaining three leshyas are auspicious or clean. Their touch is soft like that of butter, and of the leaves of boor and shiris trees.
The touch of leshyas, too, is an excellent means of coming to know a person's feelings. In today's medical science, certain experiments are being conducted in touch-therapy. According to Dr. Ramakant Keni, such a treatment may be called spiritual-therapy, psychic surgery, mental-waves treatment or touch-therapy. Manhar Chauhan's interview with Dr. Keni has been published in two numbers of the magazine, Saptahik Hindustan. This has served to highlight many facts about touch-therapy. Probably, new discoveries would be made in this field and more new facts brought to light during the next decade.
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