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COSMOLOGY : OLD AND NEW parts, is capable of expansion and contraction, like the light from a lamp and can become co-extensive with the universe under special circumstances. Seven kinds of samudghāta are recongnized in Jaina Philosophy :
Vedanā-samudghāta--Extension of the soul outside the body through excessive pain in search of the proper herb which would heal up the pain. When the prades as of the soul come in contact with the required herb, the pain disappears and then the prades as contract and the soul occupies the normal position inside the body.
Kasāya-samughāta-Extension of the soul outside the body through excessive anger in order to cause injury to the source of Provocation.
Vikriyā-samudghāta-The potentiality of the soul by virtue of which it can extend or diminish the size of the body enormously or can form a number of living bodies by extension of the pradesas. For instance it is said in Hindu Rāmāyana that Hanumān; going in search of Sitā, visited aśoka vājikā, in the diminutive form of a fly or it is reported that the great Yogi Lord Shri Krisna used to dance with Gopis, each Gopi with one Krisna to pair.
Maranantika-samudghata—The extension of the soul, just before death, to the place where it is going to be re-born and the subsequent restitution after the visit.
Taijas-samudghăta-This is of two sorts, subha, and aśubha. In the first kind, we have the exit of a white form, twelve yojanas in length, nine yojanas broad from the right shoulder of a sage through extreme commiseration when famine or epidemic spreads in some part of the country. After destroying the calamity the figure re-enters the body. In the latter kind, a red figure of similar dimensions issues forth from the left shoulder during excessive rage, and after wreaking vengeance destroys the sage himself.
Ahāraka samudghāta—The exit of a white human figure, one cubit in length, from the forehead of a sage to resolve a doubt by seeing some Kevali (a saint-possessed of infinite knowledge).
Kevali-smudghāta228_Under some special circumstance the soul of an Arhant (Pure-Soul Incarnate) expands and fills up
228. For details of various kinds of samudghaia read Gommaa-sära, Jivakanda, gathas 543-667-669, S.B.J., Vol. V.
