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46. Question: What is the nature of the three types of shape wombs? Answer: Shankhavart womb: The shape of this womb is similar to the coil of a conch shell. Women of this womb do not remain warm! Kuurmonnat womb: The shape of this womb is elevated like the back of a tortoise. Women of this womb give birth to Tirthankaras (spiritual teachers in Jainism), Chakravartins (universal monarchs), Narayan (a divine figure in Hinduism), Balabhadra (a figure in Jain tradition), as well as ordinary humans. Vamshpatra womb: The shape of this womb is long like a genealogical chart. Women of this womb give birth only to ordinary humans. 47. Question: What is the nature of the six types of qualities wombs? Answer: Sachitta: A substance particle (pudgala) endowed with the self-properties (sachitta) is called sachitta womb. Achitta: A substance particle without self-properties is called achitta womb. Sachitta-achitta: If some substance particles in the basic location of birth are sachitta and some are achitta, it is called sachitta-achitta womb.