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[744] Chapter on Divisions in Chakkhandagama
[168] The exposition (niddesa) based on the principle of fewer or more (appabahugamena) is of two kinds - exposition by way of a general principle (oghaniddesa) and exposition by way of specification (adesaniddesa).
[169] By the general principle, the four-bodied (catusarira) are the fewest of all.
[170] The bodiless (asarira) are infinite times more.
[171] The two-bodied (visarira) are infinite times more.
[172] The three-bodied (tisarira) are innumerable times more.
[173] By the exposition through specification, in the realm of hell (nirayagati), the two-bodied (visarira) are the fewest among the hell-beings (neraiyas).
[174] The three-bodied (tisarira) are innumerable times more.
[175] Similarly, this exposition of the principle of fewer or more should be understood in the case of the seven earths (sattasu puthuviisu).
[176] In the case of the animal realm (tiricchagati), the exposition is by the general principle (ogham).
[177] Among the five-sensed animals (panchindiyatiriccha), the five-sensed animals that are paryapta, and the five-sensed animals that are joninim, the four-bodied (catusarira) are the fewest.
[178] The two-bodied (visarira) are innumerable times more.
[179] The three-bodied (tisarira) are innumerable times more.
[180] The exposition for the five-sensed animals that are aparyapta is like that of the hell-beings (neraiyanam bhango).
[181] In the case of the human realm (manusagati), the exposition for ordinary humans is like that of the five-sensed animals (panchindiyatiricchana bhango).
[182] Among the human paryapta and the human females (manusiniisu), the four-bodied (catusarira) are the fewest.
[183] The two-bodied (visarira) are countable times more.
[184] The three-bodied (tisarira) are countable times more.