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[20] In the **Chakkhandaga** (Six-Part) **Gama** (Scripture), the classification of living beings is as follows:
[1, 1, 41] **Agnikayika** (Fire-bodied) beings are of two types: **Badara** (Gross) and **Sukshma** (Subtle). **Badara** **Agnikayika** beings are further divided into two types: **Paryapta** (Sufficient) and **Aparyapta** (Insufficient). **Sukshma** **Agnikayika** beings are also of two types: **Paryapta** and **Aparyapta**.
**Vayukayika** (Air-bodied) beings are of two types: **Badara** and **Sukshma**. **Badara** **Vayukayika** beings are further divided into two types: **Paryapta** and **Aparyapta**. **Sukshma** **Vayukayika** beings are also of two types: **Paryapta** and **Aparyapta**. || 40 ||
Those whose bodies are gross due to the arising of **Badara** **Karma** (Action) are called **Badara**. Those whose bodies are free from obstruction due to the arising of **Sukshma** **Karma** are called **Sukshma**. **Badara** refers to a gross body that can obstruct others and be obstructed by others. Similarly, **Sukshma** means not being able to obstruct others and not being obstructed by others. **Trasa** (Hell) beings are only **Badara**, not **Sukshma**.
Now, to explain the categories of **Vanaspatikayika** (Plant-bodied) beings, the next sutra (aphorism) states:
**Vanappai-kaiya duviha patteya-sarira sadharana-sarira**. **Patteya-sarira duviha pajjatta appajatta**. **Sadharana-sarira duviha badara suhuma**. **Badara duviha pajjatta appajatta**. **Suhuma duviha pajjatta appajatta chedi**. || 41 ||
**Vanaspatikayika** beings are of two types: **Pratyeka-sarira** (Individual-bodied) and **Sadharana-sarira** (Common-bodied). **Pratyeka-sarira** **Vanaspatikayika** beings are further divided into two types: **Paryapta** and **Aparyapta**. **Sadharana-sarira** **Vanaspatikayika** beings are also of two types: **Badara** and **Sukshma**. **Badara** beings are of two types: **Paryapta** and **Aparyapta**. **Sukshma** beings are also of two types: **Paryapta** and **Aparyapta**. || 41 ||
Those who have **Pratyeka** (Individual) bodies, meaning separate and distinct bodies, are called **Pratyeka-sarira** beings. For example, the **Khair** (Acacia Catechu) tree and other plants. Although according to this characteristic, the remaining five stationary beings, such as those with **Prithvi-kaya** (Earth-body), are also **Pratyeka-sarira**, they are not called so because they do not have any other irrefutable distinction like **Sadharana-sarira**.
Those beings who do not have **Pratyeka** (Individual) bodies, but have a single body in a common form, are called **Sadharana-sarira** beings. These beings have common food and common breathing. Similarly, where one dies, an infinite number of beings die, and where one is born, an infinite number of beings are born. In such a single **Nigoda** (Cluster) body, there are **Siddharaashi** (Liberated Souls) and an infinite number of beings from all past times, all residing in the same form. In the eternal **Nigoda**, there are countless infinite beings who have not yet experienced the **Trasa** (Hell) state, and who, due to the arising of intense **Kashaya** (Negative Emotions), remain extremely polluted by the consequences of **Durleshya** (Difficult to Overcome) **Karma**. Therefore, they never leave the **Nigoda** state.
Now, to explain the categories of **Trasa-kayika** (Hell-bodied) beings, the next sutra states:
**Trasa-kaiya duviha pajjatta appajatta**. || 42 ||
**Trasa-kayika** beings are of two types: **Paryapta** and **Aparyapta**. || 42 ||