Fundamentals Of Jainism

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

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(11) Smell (gandha), which is either - (i) pleasant, or (ii) unpleasant. (12) Taste (rasa), which is of five kinds, namely
(i) pungent, (ii) bitter, (iii) saline, (iv) acid, and (v) sweet.
(13) Touch (sparsa), which falls under eight heads as follows: (i) hard, (ii) soft, (iii) light, (iv) heavy, (v) cold, (vi) hot, 101-10
(vii) smooth and (viii) rough. (14) Anupurvi, which enables the soul to retain during the 120-112 moments of transition from one life to another the form of its last incarnation. This is of four kinds, corresponding to the four gatis (conditions of existence), namely (1) human, (ii) deva, (iii) närka (pertaining to the residents of hells), and (iv) animal (tiryancha).
(15) Agurulaghu, which has reference to the weight of matter 113 of which any particular body may be made. Literally, the word agurulaghu means neither light nor heavy, hence it has reference to that energy which is responsible for the manufacturing of the material of the different bodies, which, bulk for bulk, is neither heavy like iron, nor light like cotton wool.
(16) Upaghata, by whose operation are formed such organs 114 as arc inimical to the very organism to which they belong e.g., big, bulky belly, long horns, and the like.
(17) Paraghâta, the energy which makes organs which might 115 be used for the destruction of others, such as sharp horns, poisa nous fags and the like.
(18) Atapa, which makes a heat-producing and luminiferous 116 body, such as that of the pritharikaya jîvas in the solar orb.
(19) Udyota, the energy which produces a phosphorescent, 117 that is, luminous, but not heat-producing, organism, e.g., the body of a fire-fly.