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4. Anantanu (infinite) varga a 1 5. Ah-ra varga a 1 (for audârik (gross), vaikriyak (fluid) and "hrak (transitory)
bodies)
Agrihya (non-associable) varga a 1 7. Tejas varga a 1 (for Tejas body and electromagnetic particles and waves)
Agrhya (non-associable) varga a 1 9. Bh-sh: varga 1 10. Agr-hya (non-associable) varga a 1 11. Mano varga a 1 12. Agr.hya (non-associable) varga a 1 13. Karman varga a i 14. Dhruva (permanent) varga a 1 15. Santar nirantar (discontinuous-permanent ) varga a 1 16. Dhruv "unya varga a 1 17. Pratyek sharir varga a 1, used for making immobile life forms (plants) 18. Dhruv "unya varga 2 1 19. B dar nigodh varga a 1 20. Dhruv unya varga 2 1 21. Sukshma nigodh varga a 1, Audrik, tejas & karman bodies of sukshma
nigodh jiva 22. Dhruv sunya varga a 1 23. Mah'skandh varga a 1: all visible matter is made of this varga 1
It is further mentioned in the scriptures that varga a 1s 1 to 14 are permanent, continuous and massless vargan's and have four attributes (like touch, smell, taste and colour); The massless varga a is have energetic associations and have specific functions such as in constructing the invisible bodies of organisms and supporting other life functions. 15 to 23 have mass and are dense; 5th to 14th varga a Is are formed by combination of lower varga a is or dissociation of higher varga a 1s. The
