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________________ iii. Two-sensed beings SIX - Senses of touch and taste and body--power, speech-power, lifespan and respiration. iv. Three-sensed beings SEVEN - Senses of touch, taste and smell and body-power, speech--- power, life-span and respiration. v. Four sensed beings EIGHT-Senses of touch, taste, smell and sight and body-power, speech-power, life-span and respiration. vi. Irrational Five-sensed beings NINE - Senses of touch, taste, smell, sight and hearing and bodypower, speech-power, life--span and respiration. vii. Rational Five-sensed beings TEN - Senses of touch, taste, smell, sight and hearing and body-power, speech--power, mind power, life span and respiration. There is yet another classification of the living--beings on the basis of the part of the universe in which they dwell. They are as under: - 1. The hellish creatures (Nāraka Jīva) dwelling on the seven hellish grounds (Naraka--Bhūmi)in the nether world (Adholoka), 2. Sub-human creatures (Tiryañca) live in the middle universe (Madhyaloka), 3. The human-beings (Manusya), too, live in the human part of the middle universe ( Manusyaloka) and 4. Heavenly gods (Deva) living in the heavens (Devavimāna) in the upper universe (Urdhvaloka). 94 : JAINISM: THE CREED FOR ALL TIMES
SR No.006564
Book TitleJainism the Creed for All Times
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorD S Baya
PublisherPrakrit Bharti Academy
Publication Year2006
Total Pages420
LanguageEnglish
ClassificationBook_English
File Size20 MB
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