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THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE JAINAS.
185. By the operation of the vegetable body-making Karma, souls become vegetable-bodied. (They are individual) (Pratyeka) (i. e. one body one soul) or common (Sámánya or Sádharaná i. e, one body many souls). In. dividuals (are) host (Pratisthita with common Sádhárana, parasites) or the other (i.e. non-host Apratisthita without common (Sádharána) parasites.)
मूलग्गपीरबाजा कंदा तह खंधबीजवीजरूहा। सम्मुच्छिमा य भणिया पत्तेयाणंतकाया य ॥ १८६॥ मूलाग्रपर्वबीजाः कंदास्तथा स्कन्धबीजबीजरुहाः । संमूर्च्छिमाश्च भणिताः प्रत्येका अनन्तकायाश्च ॥ १८६ ॥
186. Vegetables which grow from a root (múla), from the shoot, (Agra), (of a plant), from a joint (parva), from a bulb, (Kanda), from trunk, (Skandha),from seed (Veeja) and vegetables which have no such seed as root etc. (sammúr chhima) have been declared (to be) individual with host bodies, (Pratishthita Pratyeka), or without them, (non-host Apratishthita).
Commentary. 1. Vegetables which grow from root are such as, ginger,
turmeric, 2. Vegetables which grow from a shoot, such as a rose-plant, 3. Vegetables, etc., etc., etc., from joint are such as sugar-cane. 4. Vegetables, from bulb Kanda are such as potatoes. 5. Vegetables, from trunk are such as plaintain. 6. Vegetables, from seed are such as wheat, rice. 7. Of spontaneous growth are Sammúrchchhima such as grass. गूढसिरसंधिपव्वं सगभंगमहीरुयं च छिण्णरुहं । साहारणं सरीरं तविबरीयं च पत्तेयं ॥ १८७॥ गूढशिरासंधिपर्व समभङ्गमहीरुकं च छिन्नरुहम् । साधारणं शरीरं तद्विपरीतं च प्रत्येकम् ॥ १८७॥
187. When the seed becomes transformed into a nucleus, the same soul (which left it before) or some other may be born there. These roots, ete. (i.e. the seeds)
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