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Biology in Jaina Treatise on Reals
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There are four under-Muhurtas mentioned during the intervals of ejectable body as above. What does each of them represent ? A. The first under-Muhurta represents the temporal simultaneity of subsidence of faith deluding karma and acquirement of subsidental right faith. The second under-Muhurta represents the time when realisational right faith is acquired. The third under-Muhurta represents the time for binding the karma of ejectable body. The fourth under-Muhurta represents the time for the formation of the ejectable body.
These four are the first under-Muhurtas. Later, there is the fifth underMuhurta when the ejectable body returns to its primary body. Later, there are many secondary under-Muhurtas for experiencing the different levels of sixth and seventh stages terminating in the purity of the soul due to attainment of seventh stage of low-tended volition.
The interval of each of the stages of unprecedented volition, similar volition, subtle-passion, subsided passion, destroyed passion, ominiscience with or withour activity is an under-Muhurta each. Thus, the maximum time of interval of the half-matter-change time becomes less by the under-Muhurta time taken during the above processes,
The luminous and karmic bodies have no intervals as they are always possessed by the worldly beings. (xi) Number : The different bodies are distinguished with respect to their numerical strength. The gross bodied beings are numerically equal to the
e worlds. The transformable-bodied beings have innumerable classes. They are numerically equal to the innumerableth part of the area of the universe. There are 54 ejectable bodied beings. The luminous and karman bodied beings are infinite in number pervaded in infinite-times-infinite universes. (xii) Spacepoints: The gross body has infinite spacepoints which are equal to infinite times the number of non-liberatables (NL) or an infiniteth part of the salvated (S) souls. Similarly, all the other four bodies have successively increasing number of infinite spacepoints. The infinite has infinite varieties which has already been detailed earlier.
Gross body space-points = 00 X NL = 1/00'S. (xiii) Volitions: All the bodies arise due to the realisation of corresponding physique-making karma. Thus, all of them are volitionally realisational (fruitional). (xiv) Relative Numerations: All the bodies are distinguished with respect to their relative numerations. The ejectable bodied beings are the least in number. The trasformable bodied beings are innumerable times this number. The multiplication factor here is innumerable series or innumerableth part of the area of the universe. The gross bodied are innumerable times the above number The multiplication factor, here, is the innumerable worlds. The luminous and
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