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Bhagavai 7:3:64-66
- 549:leaf from the tender leaf, the flower from the leaf, the fruit from the flower and the seed from the fruit. This mutual co-operation is the basis of the sustenance of their life.
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Anamtakāya-padam 7.66 aha bhamte! ālue, mülae, simgabere, hirili, sirili, sissirili, kitthiyä, chiriya,
chīravirāliyā, kanhakamde, vajjakamde, sūranakamde, khelūde, bhaddamotthä, pimdahaliddā, lohi, nihū, thīhū, thibhagā, ussakaạnī, sihakanni, siumdhi, musamdhi, jeyāvanne tahappagārā savve te anamtajīvā vivihasattā?
hamtā goyamā! ālue, mülae jāva anamtajīvā vivihasattā. The Topic of the Souls, the Infinite Number of which have a Common
Body
O Lord!' are the vegetation-bodied beings such as-alukam, mülakam, śngaveram,'hirili”, “sirili', 'sissirilī, krstikā (klistikā), kşīrikā, kşīravidālikā, krsnakandaḥ, vajrakandaḥ, sūraņakandaḥ, kelutaḥ, bhadramustā, pindaharidrā, lihi, 'nïhü', 'thīhu', stabakam, aśvakarņi, simhakarņi, ‘siumdhi', 'musamdhi' and other such vegetation-bodied beings—all possessed of infinite number of souls (occupying the common body)? Are they having different types of sattva (animation) (or do they have different types of existence?). Yes, Gautama! the ālukam, mülakam ...... up to other such vegetation-bodied beings—are all possessed of infinite number of souls (occupying the same body) and they have different types of sattvas.
Bhāsya 1. Sutra 66
There are two varieties of the gross vegetation-bodied beings-1. possessed of individual body (prateyaka-śarīrī), 2. possessed of one common body (sādhāranaśarīrī).' The class of vegetation with infinite souls has been mentioned in the four canonical texts, viz., Bhagavai, Pannavaņā, Jīvājīvābhigama and Uttarajjhayanāni, see the table on p. 561 at the end of section 3 of this Sataka.
In the Bhagavatī, Šataka 23, many names of vegetation of infinite number of souls have been given
23/1—āluya-mülaga-simgabera-haliddā-ruru-kamdariya-jāru-chīrabirālikitthi-kumdu-kanhākadabhu-madhu-puyalai-mahusimgi-niruhā-sappa
sigamdhā-chiņnaruha-bīyaruha. 23/2—lohi-nihü-thūhū-thibhagā-assakaņņi-sīhakanni-siumdhi-musamdhi. 23/4-ya-kāya-kuhuņa-kumdurukka-uvvehaliyā-sapphā-sajjā-chattābam
saniyakurā. 23/6—pādhā miyavālumki-madhurasā-rāyavalli-paumā-modhari-damti-camdi.
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