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its organic parts to their full and complete development.
87. Pratyeka kurma-is the actioncurrent whereby a jiva has the privilege of having a body of its own instead of sharing a body along with other sivas. From this it is apparent that the Jain sages quite understood the biological possibilities of a great many jivas swarming together in a common home.
88. Sthira karma---is the action-current whereby a jiva has a good set of strong teeth, a good set of hard bonny skeletals and the like, adding to the strength and steadiness of the body.
89. Subha karma-is the action-current whereby the jiva enjoys a charming upper part of the body inviting the altention of other people. It differs from Nyagrodha sumsthåna in this that it determines the nature and character to an attractive finish of the upper part of the body, but it does not necessarily leave the lower part clumsy and defective, while the nyugrodha samsthana karma as we have already seen before, determines the symmetrical get up of the
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