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Treindriya Jäti Näm-karma causes birth as a being with three senses.
Chaurindriya Jäti Näm-karma causes birth as a being with four senses.
Panchendriya Jäti Näm-karma causes birth as a being with five senses Bodies (Sharira) Five
• Audärika Sharira Näm-karma gives the gross physical body peculiar to Tiryancha (one sense living beings to five sense animals and human beings.
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Kärman Sharira Näm-karma gives the Kärman body. This body is the receptacle for Kärman matter. It changes every moment because new Kärman matter is continually assimilated by the soul and the existing one is consumed. Accompanied by this and Taijasa Sharira, the Jiva at death leaves his body and betakes himself to the place of its new birth where the Kärman body then forms the basis of the newly produced other bodies.
Chief and Secondary Parts of the Bodies - (Angopänga) Three:
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Vaikriya Sharira Näm-karma gives the transformation body, which consists of fine matter, a body that can change in form and dimension. Heavenly beings and infernal beings have this type of body since birth. Human beings and certain animals can attain it through higher spiritual advancement and perfection.
The Angopänga Näm-karma causes the origin of the chief parts of the bodies. The fiery and the Kärman - bodies have no parts; that is why there are only 3 Angopänga Näm-Karma namely:
Ähäraka Sharira Näm-karma gives the translocation body. This body consists of good and pure substance and is without active and passive resistance. A Pramatta-samyat ascetic creates it for a short time in order to seek information concerning intricate dogmatic questions from a Tirthankar who is in another part of the universe, while his own physical body remains in its original place.
• Audärika Angopänga Näm-karma, which produces the chief and secondary parts of the physical body.
Taijasa-Sharira Näm-Karma gives the fiery body. This body consists of fire Pudgal and provides energy for internal body functions including digestion of swallowed food. It is also responsible to provide radiance to the body. It can also be misused by, some ascetics to burn or cool other beings or things.
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Ähäraka Angopänga Näm-karma, which produces the chief and secondary parts of translocation body.
Bindings - (Bandhan) Five
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The Bandhan Näm-karma provides that the newly seized Pudgals of a body are united with those formerly assimilated ones into an organic entity as wood sticks through an adhesive substance. According to the 5 bodies, there are 5 binding karma:
⚫ Audärika Bandhan Näm-karma procures the binding of the physical body.
Vaikriya Bandhan Näm-karma procures the binding of the transformation body.
Ähäraka Bandhan Näm-karma procures the binding of the translocation body.
• Taijasa Bandhan Näm-karma procures the binding of the fiery body.
Kärman Bandhan Näm-karma procures the binding of the Kärman body. Instead of 5 Bandhan some adopt 15, by not only taking into consideration the binding of the single parts of the body to
Vaikriya Angopänga Näm-karma, which produces the chief and secondary parts of the transformation body.
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