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THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE JAINAS. :
included in the 14 chapters of the soul-quests. How this is so, is described in the above 3 Gathas. It can be understood at a glance from the following tabular view:
No.
Soul-quests.
Includes.
4 conditions of existence Age vitality.
(gati). 5 senses (Indriya)
14 soul-classes ; 6 kinds of
capacity to develope; res
piration, speech-power, 16 embodiments (Káya)
and mind-power vitalities. 15 vibratory activities (yoga) Body-power vitality. 3 sexes (veda)
Coition animate-feeling. 4 passions, (25 | anger if sub-divided), pride Fear animate-feeling. (Kasháya).
deceit and Hunger animate-feeling.
greed greed | Worldly attachment animate
feeling. 8 kinds of knowledge 5 sense vitalities; definite (Jnána).
conscious attentiveness. 7 kinds of control (Samyam), | 4 kinds of conation Indefinite conscious attentive(Darshana).
ness. 6 kinds of thought-paints
(Leshyá). 2-capable or non-capable of
liberation (Bhavya). 6 kinds of right belief
(Samyaktva). 2-rational or irrational
(Samjni).
7
2-assimilating or non-as
similating (Khára).
74 sub-classes of 14 soal-quests, or 95, when 4 passions are sub-divided into 25.
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