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31. HIG dla - SÄTA LÄKHA SUTRA
REPENTANCE OF SINS TO ALL LIVING BEINGS Chaudaha läkha manusya-- Isa taraha chauräsi läkha jiva-yoni me se Mere jiva ne jo koi jiva-himsä ki ho, Karäyi ho, karate hue kä anumodana kiya ho, Una saba kä mana-vachana-käyä se Michchhä mi dukkadam. .....
31. Sutra Meaning: Jain literature indicates that in the universe, there exist 8.4 million (84 lakhs) different forms of life based on their birth location. They are classified as follows: Seven lakhs (700,000) forms of living beings with earth as its body Seven lakhs (700,000) forms of living beings with water as its body Seven lakhs (700,000) forms of living beings with fire as its body Seven lakhs (700,000) forms of living beings with air as its body Ten lakhs (1,000,000) forms of above-ground vegetation with one soul in every independent living body, Fourteen lakhs (1,400,000) forms of below-ground vegetation with multiple souls in every independent living body Two lakhs (200,000) forms of living beings with two sense organs Two lakhs (200,000) forms of living beings with three sense organs Two lakhs (200,000) forms of living beings with four sense organs Four lakhs (400,000) forms of heavenly beings Four lakhs (400,000) forms of living beings of hell Four lakhs (400,000) forms of animals with five sense organs Fourteen lakhs (1,400,000) forms of human beings Out of eighty four lakhs (8.4 million) forms of living beings, if I may have hurt any living beings, have caused others to hurt them,
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