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5. Two-sensed, (From earth-bodied upto
The same as three-sensed, Five-sensed sub-human beings
in 3 four-sensed Human beings
Manahparyāya Infernal beings Samyaktva and Avadhijñāpa! Bhavanapati gods
One-sensed upto four-sensed The same as in 3 6. Five-sensed sub
Five-sensed sub-human) human beings
The same beings, human beings
as in 1 | Vanavyantara, Jyotiska
Vaimănika 7. Human beings
The same as in 6 8. Vānavyantara, Jyotiska,
The same as in 2 Vaimānika
In the fifth Tirthankaradvāra is considered the question as to whether or not a living being belonging to this or that class can possibly attain Tirthankara-hood in its immediate next human birth. If tirthankara-hood is not possible in its case, then what is possible in the course of its spiritual development is mentioned here. The gist of this account (1444-58) is as follows: The immediate preceding
What is possibly attained by birth of a human being
a human being An infernal being belonging to the hell Ratnaprabhā up to
Tirthankara-hood the hell Välukāprabhā Infernal being belonging to
Mokşa (emancipation) Pankaprabhā hell Infernal being belonging to 1
Virati (practice of vows) Dhūmaprabhă hell Infernal being belonging to
Viratāvirati (partial practice Tamå hell
of vows) Infernal being belonging to Seventh hell
Samyaktva (religious faith) Bhavanapati gods
Mokşa Earth-bodied and water-bodied Fire-bodied and Air-bodied
Listening to religious
preachings Plant-bodied
Moksa
7. Yantra-purvaka-karmādi-vicāra (p. 118) contains a Table about the
excellences like tirthankara-hood, etc. which are dealt with in this chapter XX of Prajāpamāsutra,
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