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THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE JAINAS.
Pratyeka Vanaspati. This is an individual-souled Vegetablebodied soul, whose body is dominated by a single soul. Pratyeka Vanaspati may be (1) Sapratishthita (host-individualsouled, (2) Apratishthita (Non-host-individual-souled.)
The first also supports various host-souls, while the second does not, and is purely individual-souled.
Generally the same vegetables which are host-individualsouled (Sapratishthia) in the beginning, become non-host-individualsouled (Aptṛatishthia) when nerves and their other distinctive features have appeared on the out-side also. Let us take an apple for example. So long as the nerves and the outer contours do not all appear, it is regarded as Sapratishțita; but when they have appeared, the host souls thriving on it, cease to exist any longer and it becomes purely individual.
But there are certain vegetables that continue to be hostindividual-souled throughout. Root vegetables may be regarded as belonging to this class.
The two kinds of Non-developable souls are:
(1). Nirvrittya-paryáptá (Pontentially developable) and Labdhyaparyápta (Absolutely Non-developable).
(2).
The first are those that are in the condition of Non-developableness for an antar-muhúrta but shall become developable afterwards, while the second are those that shall die within an antar-muhúrta without becoming so developable. Their age-duration is th part of the time of one pulse beat of a healthy person.
Trasa Pancha.- Five mobiles.
These are the two-sensed, three-sensed, four-sensed, irrational and rational five-sensed souls.
ठाणेहिं वि जोगीहिं वि दे होग्गाहरण कुलारणभेदेहिं । जीवसमासा सव्वे परूविदव्वा जहाकमसो ॥ ७४ ॥ स्थानैरपि योनिभिरपि देहावगाहन कुलानां भेदैः । जीव समासाः सर्वे प्ररूपितव्या यथाक्रमशः ॥ ७४ ॥
74. All the soul classes have (now) to be described, in the order of (their) varieties (Sthána), birth-places or nuclei (Yoni), sizes of bodies (Deháva gáhana), and the
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