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four body types, viz., gross, fluid, caloric and kärman, take all types of bone structure, have a well-formed frame and take all the six tinges.
130. For similar items wherefor the infernals take 80 forms, human beings also take 80 forms. This means that human beings with minimum life-span, with life-span from one timeunit more than the minimum till a countable number of timeunits more, with minimum physical dimensions, with physical dimensions from one physical-unit more till a countable number of physical units more, and with mixed outlook take 80 forms. Such human beings are few in number. Coming to differences, wherefor the infernals take 27 forms, the hnınan beings take no definite form. The infernals have a dominance of anger, but the human beings have all the passions, none claiming special importance. Another point of difference is that whereas the infernals with minimum life-span take 27 forms, humans with similar life-span take 80 forms. The humans with assimilative body take 80 forms, but the infernals have no assimilative body. The humans take all types of bone structure, all body shapes and all tinges. They may be in possession of all the five types of knowledge, though for the first four, they take no definite form. The omniscient, who are in possession of the supreme knowledge, are free from all passions.
131. Coming to the celestial beings, they are similar to the Bhavanavāsis (vide Q./A. 190). Differences are that the Jyotişkas take only red tinge and have, as a rule, three types of knowledge/ignorance. Beings without mind are never born as Jyotişkas, so that even in the immature stage, they have some knowledge/ignorance. The Vaimānikas take red, pink and white tinges, and have, as a rule, three types of knowledge and three corresponding ignorances.
132. In the Jaina view, the sun has in all 184 mandalas. When the sun is on the tropic of cancer, it is in its last mandala. At this, the distance of the sun from the land of Bharata is 47263 yojanas. Although the Sūtra uses the word cakkhupphäsam, the eye in reality never touches the sun or any other object it sees. If anything touches the eye, it sees it not, because the
