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The details are given in the following table:
Table
Prāņas
In the form of:
Kinds of Living Beings 1 One-sensed Beings
4
2 Two-sensed Beings
6
Touch, Breath, Life, and
Bodily Strength Touch Breath Life Bodily
Strenth + Sense of Taste Do + Sense of Smell
3 Three-sensed Beings
4 Four-sensed Beings
Do + Sense of Sight 5 Mind-less Five-sensed Beings 9 Do + Sense of Hearing 6 Conscious Five-sensed Beings 10 Do + Mind
Loss of these Praņas means Death. That is to say, it the being concerned posseses none of the prescribed vital airs at all, he is said to be dead. Thus, death is nothing but the loss of connection with the Prānas.
Sanjni=One having Sanjnā or Consciousness or mind.
A-sarjni has no consciousness or mind. All the living beings beginning with Ekendriya jīvas and ending with Sammllrcchima Parcéndriyas are a-sarjni (un-conscious or mindless beings. The others i-e Garbhaja Pancéndriya beings that have been perfect with the acquision of mind are sanjni (having consciousness).
In the Prajnāpanā Sūtra, the one-sensed and the like also, are declared to possess the following ten (10) Sañjnas viz ! Ahāra (food) 2 Bhaya (fear) 3 Parigraha (belongings) 4 Maithuna (sexual intercourse) 5 Krodha (anger) 6 Maria (pride) 7 Māya (deceit) 8 Lobha (greed) 9 Ogha,and 10. Soka (sorrow). In that list, however the ninth is "Ogha' sanjna
