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वायुकायिक जीव है, वनस्पतिकायिक जीव अनन्त हैं, द्वीन्द्रिय असख्यात हैं यावत् चतुरिन्द्रिय, पचेन्द्रियतिर्यंचयोनिक जीव असंख्यात हैं, मनुष्य असंख्यात है, वाणव्यन्तर देव असंख्यात हैं, ज्योतिष्क देव, वैमानिक देव असख्यात है और सिद्ध जीव अनन्त हैं। इसीलिए गौतम ! ऐसा कहा जाता है कि जीवद्रव्य संख्यात नही, असंख्यात भी नही किन्तु अनन्त हैं।
॥ आयु स्थितिपद प्रकरण समाप्त॥ SOUL ENTITIES
404. (Q.) Bhante ! Are jiva dravya (soul entities) countable, innumerable or infinite ? ___ (Ans.) Gautam ! Jiva dravya (soul entities) are neither countable nor innumerable but infinite.
(Q.) Bhante ! Why it is said that giva dravya (soul entities) are neither countable nor innumerable but infinite ? ___(Ans.) Gautam ! Naaraks (infernal beings) are innumerable, divine beings including Asurkumar to Stanıtkumar demon-gods are innumerable, earth-bodied to air-bodied beings are innumerable, plant-bodied beings are infinite, two-sensed to foursensed beings and five-sensed animals are innumerable, human beings are innumerable, Vanavyantar gods are innumerable, Jyotishk gods are innumerable, Vaimanık gods are innumerable, and Suddhas (liberated souls) are infinite. Therefore, Gautam ! It is said that jiva dravya (soul entities) are neither countable nor innumerable but infinite.
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