Fundamentals Of Jainism

Author(s): Champat Rai Jain
Publisher: Veer Nirvan Bharti

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FUNDAMENTALS OF JAINISM (6) Bandhana, or union of articles without which it would be impossible for the body to be organised. This is five kinds corresponding to the five kinds of bodies enumerated above.
(7) Sanghata, a still closer union of particles than bandhana. This is also different for the five different kinds of bodies, hence, of five types.
(8) Sansathana, or development which is of six kinds, as follows:
(i) samachaturasra, i.e. proportionate, (ii) nyagrodha parimandala, that is, well-developed in the
upper parts and ill-formed in the lower, (iii) svátika, or well-formed in the lower portion, but stunted
in the upper, (iv) kubjaka, that is, hunch-backed, (v) våmana, or dwarfish, and (vi) hundaka, that is, general mal-formation.
(9) Sanghanana, or formation of bony skeleton. This is of the following six kinds, of which only the last three are possible in the present age :(1) vajra vrişabha náracha, that is, adamantine, or irop-like
formation of bones, their wrappings and nails. (ii) vajra nårácha, i.e. iron-like formation of bones and nails,
but not of wrappings, or bandages, (iii) närácha, or bones, wrappings, and nails of the ordinary
type, that is to say, without adamantine strength, (iv) ardha náracha, that is, no wrappings, but only partially
nailed joints, (v) kilaka or wholly nailed joints, and (vi) asamprapta sripatika, that is, bones strung together by
nerves, but not fixed with nails. (10) Colour (varra) which is of five kinds, viz.
(i) black (ii) blue, (iii) red, (iv) yellow, and (v) white.
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