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61. Question: What are the other divisions of the senses?
Answer: There are also five divisions of the senses - (1) touch (2) taste (3) smell (4) sight and (5) hearing. Based on the divisions of the senses, there is a classification of beings into one-sensed, two-sensed, etc. based on the arising of the karma called jati. Those beings who have external signs (dravyaindriya) and knowledge of the objects of touch, taste, smell, form, and sound through them are called one-sensed, two-sensed, three-sensed, four-sensed, and five-sensed beings respectively. Except for the path of the lower animals, all other paths have only five-sensed beings, but in the path of the lower animals, all beings from one-sensed to five-sensed exist. 61. Question: What is the extent of the superior object-field of the senses of touch, etc. of one-sensed, etc. beings?
Answer: The extent of the superior object-field of the senses of touch, etc. of one-sensed, two-sensed, three-sensed, four-sensed, non-cognizant five-sensed, and cognizant five-sensed beings is as follows: