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different function from the rest thereby endowed with different constitution, the Jainas must have established this series of atomic groups, of which speech, respiration and karma behave in a similar way by being attracted to the body and ejected from the body constantly.
Yoga-triplet primarily expresses the division of action of a being. It is thus an importtant concept in the theory of kriya. And kriyā is the root cause upon which the ethical principles and doctrinal theories of the Jainas were developed. It is therefore not surprising that the Jaina theoreticians tried to use this yoga-triplet in various fields. At the same time we should realize that this way of applying one concept or its content to all sorts of fields was a peculiar and habitual tendency of the Jaina theoreticians in the canonical age.
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