$JES 941 Pratikraman Sutra Book in English

Author(s): JAINA Education Committee
Publisher: JAINA Education Committee

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31. सात लाख SÄTA LÄKHA SUTRA - REPENTANCE OF SINS TO ALL LIVING BEINGS
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encouraged others to hurt them, or praised those who hurt them, either by thoughts, words, and/or actions, I ask forgiveness for all such sinful activities. I forgive all living beings, may all living beings forgive me, I am friendly to all, I have enmity for none.
In this verse, how are total of only 8.4 million of wombs (yonis) are counted?
31. General Meaning:
In this universe, infinite numbers of birth places exist for any worldly soul for its rebirth.. However the groups of birth places with similar color, odor, taste, touch and shape are considered as one type. Thus the number of birth places is counted as 8.4 million.
How is the number of species determined in each type of living being?
In each kind of living beings the types of species are halved in hundred.
Each specie will have 5 types of colors (black, green, red, yellow and white)
Two types of odors (pleasant and foul smelling)
Five types of tastes (hot, bitter, rusty, sour and sweet)
Eight types of touches (cold, warm, soft, hard, large/heavy, small/light, smooth and rough) and
5 types of shapes (triangle, square, rectangle, round and oval).
By multiplying all the factors the final number of species is determined.
For example, earth bodies are 700,000. Halved in hundred this number is 350. Multiplying this number with all the other factors: 350x5x2x5x8x5=700,000.
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The exact source of how the numbers 700, 500, 350, 200, and 100 are derived is not clear.
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