Jainism a Theistic Philosophy

SR No.: 006918
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Krishna A Gosavi
Publisher: Parshwanath Vidyapith
Publication Year: 2012
Total Pages: 358
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 6 MB

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JAINISM: A THEISTIC PHILOSOPHY "GOD IN JAINISM"
minute beings imbued with souls. In fact, there are souls even in the inorganic objects like metals and stones.
Two-Sensed Souls: Two-sensed souls also called 'dvīndriya-jīva possesses the organs of taste and touch. This category belongs to the animals-worms, things living in shells, leeches, earthworms etc.
Three-Sensed Souls: Three sensed souls or trīndriya-jīvas possess touch, taste and smell. This includes various kinds of ants, moths, etc.
Four-Sensed Souls: Four-sensed soul or caturendriya-jīvas possess touch, taste, smell and sight and these include wasp, scorpions, and mosquitoes, flies' locusts, butterflies etc.
Five-Sensed Souls: Five-sensed soul or pañcendriya-jīvas have touch, taste, smell, sight and hearing. In this category mainly quadrupeds and bipeds are included."
The animals possessing five organs of sense are of two kinds: those who originate by coagulation and those born from womb. “Men are of two kinds: originating by coagulation and born from the womb.931
The aforesaid classification of soul is based upon direct observation and keen scientific approach. Later on, however, owing to dogmatic influence and especially as a means to explain and justify the theory of karma different types of classification have been derived. The five-sensed Jīvas were classified into four divisions: hellish beings, lower animals, human beings and demigods.
The other modes of classification led to the following divisions:
2'Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, “Indian Philosophy”, Vol.-I, P-322 3° Tattvārtha-sūtra,II.15 31 Ibid 11.36