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Preface
[The 71 Varganas are of two types - Abhyantara Vargana and Bahya Vargana. Abhyantara Vargana is also of two types - Shreni Vargana and Nanashreni Vargana. The Ekashreni Vargana has twenty-three divisions - 1. Ekapradeśika Paramāṇu Pudgala Dravya Vargana, 2. Saṃkhyātadeśika Paramāṇu Pudgala Dravya Vargana, 3. Asaṃkhyātapradeśika Paramāṇu Pudgala Dravya Vargana, 4. Anantapradeśika Paramāṇu Pudgala Dravya Vargana, 5. Āhāra Dravya Vargana, 6. Agraha Dravya Vargana, 7. Taijasa Dravya Vargana, 8. Agraha Dravya Vargana, 9. Bhāṣā Dravya Vargana, 10. Agraha Dravya Vargana, 11. Mano Dravya Vargana, 12. Agraha Dravya Vargana, 13. Kārmaṇa Dravya Vargana, 14. Dhruva Skandha Dravya Vargana, 15. Sāntara Nirantara Dravya Vargana, 16. Dhruva Śūnya Dravya Vargana, 17. Pratyeka Śarīra Dravya Vargana, 18. Dhruva Śūnya Dravya Vargana, 19. Bādara Nigoda Dravya Vargana, 20. Dhruva Śūnya Dravya Vargana, 21. Sūkṣma Nigoda Dravya Vargana, 22. Dhruva Śūnya Dravya Vargana, and 23. Mahāskandha Dravya Vargana.
The term Ekapradeśika Paramāṇu Pudgala Dravya Vargana refers to a single paramāṇu. The term Saṃkhyātapradeśika Paramāṇu Pudgala Dravya Vargana refers to all the Varganas from Dvipradeśika to the highest Saṃkhyātapradeśika Paramāṇu Pudgala Dravya Vargana. This is the second Vargana. The term Asaṃkhyātapradeśika Paramāṇu Pudgala Dravya Vargana refers to the Varganas from the lowest Jighanya Asaṃkhyātapradeśika to the highest Utkriṣṭa Asaṃkhyātapradeśika Paramāṇu Pudgala Dravya Vargana. This is the third Vargana. The term Anantapradeśika Paramāṇu Pudgala Dravya Vargana refers to all the Varganas from the lowest Jighanya Anantapradeśika to the one just before the Āhāra Vargana. This is the fourth Vargana. It is noteworthy that the Utkriṣṭa Saṃkhyātapradeśika Varganas have one less division than the Saṃkhyātapradeśika Varganas. And the number of Asaṃkhyātapradeśika Varganas is equal to the remainder when the Utkriṣṭa Asaṃkhyātā is reduced by the Utkriṣṭa Saṃkhyātā, plus one. The Asaṃkhyātapradeśika Varganas are innumerable times more than the Saṃkhyātapradeśika Varganas. The Anantapradeśika Varganas from the lowest to just before the Āhāra Vargana are also infinite in number. These four Varganas before the Āhāra Vargana are Agrahya, meaning they can never be grasped by any living being. Although the Saṃkhyātapradeśika Varganas are countable, the Asaṃkhyātapradeśika Varganas are innumerable, and the Anantapradeśika Varganas before the Āhāra Vargana are infinite, they are still referred to as one each in terms of their class.
By adding one paramāṇu to the highest Anantapradeśī Dravya Vargana, the lowest Āhāra Dravya Vargana is obtained. Further, by increasing one paramāṇu at a time and going through innumerable divisions equal to the infinite parts of the Siddhas, the highest Āhāra Dravya Vargana is obtained. This is the fifth Vargana. The paramāṇus of this Āhāra Dravya Vargana constitute the formation of the Audārika, Vaikriyika, and Āhāraka bodies. By adding one paramāṇu to the highest Āhāra Dravya Vargana, the lowest Agraha Dravya Vargana is obtained. By further increasing one paramāṇu at a time and going through innumerable divisions equal to the infinite parts of the Siddhas, the highest Agraha Dravya Vargana is obtained.