Jain Biology

Author(s): Jethalal S Zaveri, Mahendramuni
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati

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3. Māraṇātika-Expansion of soul-units due to impounding
death.
4. Vaikriya Expansion of soul-units related with the operation of protean body.
5. Ahāraka Expansion of soul-units related with the operation of conveyance-body.
6. Taijasa Expansion of soul-units related with the operation of bio-electrical body.
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7. Kevala Expansion of soul-units of an omniscient soul pervading the whole cosmos.
10. SAMJÑĪ-ASAMJÑĪ—POSSESSION OF BRAIN, NON-POSSE
SSION OF BRAIN
The lower organisms do not possess mind/brain and hence, are called asamjni. Only some five-sensed living beings can have mind/brain. They are samjnī. Some humans in their higher stage of spiritual practice transcend the functioning of mental cognition (on account of supercognition) and hence, are called "nosamjñī-noasamjñí".
11. VEDA-SEX PASSIONS
There are thre kinds
1. Masculine-Man's sexual passions.
2. Feminine Woman's sexual passions.
3. Dual-Beings possessed of dual sexual passions (hermophrodite).
The souls in the higher stages of spiritual development (above the 9th guṇasthāna) transcend the sexual passions become avedi.
12. PARYAPTI-BIO-POTENTIAL
Bio-potential (paryāpti) means the building up of material forces at the very beginning of rebirth.
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