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three malevolent lesyās are—(1) black, (2) blue and (3) grey. The three benevolent lesyās are(4) red, (5) yellow and (6) white. Thus in total there are six types of leśyā. The colour of the aura corresponds with the psychic colour. The colour of the material aggregates responsible for this phenomenon is called dravya lesyā (psychic colour), while the colour of the psyche is psychic colour. All activities (yogā) of mind, speech and body correspond with the psychic colour.
In the following table, the number of lesyā available are given and which leśyā are available are also indicated.
8. INDRIYA—SENSE-ORGANS
There are five sense-organs—
1. The sense-organ of touch
2. The sense-organ of taste
3. The sense-organ of smell 4. The sense-organ of sight
5. The sense-organ of hearing. The living beings are one-sensed up to five-sensed, being possessed of respectively the above-mentioned sense-organs. Thus one-sensed beings have only one sense, viz., touch and so on. 9. SAMUDGHĀTA-EXPANSION OF SOUL-UNITS OUTSIDE THE
BODY
Under certain conditions, the phenomenon of samudghāta takes place in the soul. When the soul is experiencing intense pain and the like, expansion of the soul-units takes place through the projection of the pradeśas of the soul in diverse directions. This is called samudghūta. There are seven types of samudghāta, which respectively are
1. Vedanā—Expansion of soul-units due to intense pain. 2. Kaṣāya—Expansion of soul-units due to intense passions
(anger etc.).
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