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(2) (Q.) Bhante ! How many kinds of varkriya shariras (transmutable bodies) the naaraks (infernal beings) are said to have ?
(Ans.) Gautam | Vaikriya shariras (transmutable bodies) are of two kinds--baddh (bound) and mukta (abandoned). Of these, the baddh varkriya shariras (bound transmutable bodies) are innumerable. (Their number) in terms of time (is such that) it takes innumerable utsarpini-avasarpini (progressive-regressive cycles of time) to remove them (if stored in a silo) In terms of area they are equal to space-points in innumerable Shrenis (series or progression; in this context all the units like angul, shreni, pratar are the paramount units as described in aphorisms 356-357) in the innumerable fraction of one pratar (see aphorism 356-357). Expressed in vishkambh-suchi (square units) the Shrenis are calculated—as the first square root of the Shrenis in one angul multiplied by its second square root or the cube of the second square root of the Shrenis in one angul. As regards the mukta valkriya shariras (abandoned transmutable bodies) it should be read just as the general statement regarding audarik shariras (gross physical bodies) (Aphorism 413).
(३) णेरइयाणं भंते ! केवइया आहारगसरीरा पण्णत्ता ?
गोयमा ! दुविहा पण्णत्ता। तं जहा-बद्धेल्लया य मुक्केल्लया य। तत्थ णं जे ते बद्धेल्लया ते णं नत्थि। तत्थ णं जे ते मुक्केल्लया ते जहा ओहिया ओरालिया तहा भाणियव्या।
(३) (प्र.) भगवन् ! नारक जीवों के कितने आहारकशरीर कहे है ?
(उ.) गौतम ! आहारकशरीर दो प्रकार के है, यथा-बद्ध और मुक्त। बद्ध आहारकशरीर तो नैरयिको के नही होते हैं तथा मुक्त जितने सामान्य औदारिक शरीर * कहे गये हैं, उतने जानना चाहिए। (सूत्र ४१३ के अनुसार)
___(3) (Q.) Bhante ! How many kinds of aharak shareras (telemigratory bodies) the naaraks (infernal beings) are said to have ?
शरीर-प्रकरण
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The Discussion on Body
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