Jain Journal 1994 01

Author(s): Jain Bhawan Publication
Publisher: Jain Bhawan Publication

Page 43

JANUARY, 1994
1. The celestial age. 2. The age of human beings.
3. The age of plants and animals. 4. The age of hellish beings
VI. Nāma-Karma : It is divided into four groups comprising ninety
three sub-types. It is responsible for the diversity of worldly beings and the theory of rebirth. The number of division into
four groups is as follows: 1. Collective types.
3. Self-movable bodies (with its sixty-five varieties) 2. Individual types
4. Immovable bodies According to Jainism all the worldly beings can be divided into
four states of existence which are : 1. The existence of gods (Devagati) 2. The existence of human beings (Manuşyagati) 3. The destiny of animals and plants (Tiryag-gati) 4. The state of infernal beings (Naraka gati)
FIVE CLASSES OF BEINGS 1. The beings with one sense like earth, water, etc. 2 The beings with two senses like shell, etc. 3. The beings with three senses like ants etc. 4. The beings with four senses like mosquitos, flies, etc. 5. The beings with five senses like plants, animals & human beings.
FIVE TYPES OF BODIES. 1. Physical body attributed to human and animal beings. 2. Transformed body possessed by superhuman power, gods, infernal
beings etc. 3. Translocation body. It is created only by the highly spiritual
ascetic in order to get information from the omniscient being
while his physical body remains there. 4. Fiery body. It is also used by the ascetics in order to burn some
one and this body digests food in the stomach. 3. Karma body. This body always possesses Karmic matter, and is
mixed with the self and is always changeable.
The human beings always possess three types of body, namely physical, fiery and KARMANA body.
8 Ibid, I, 23 9 Ibid. 1 23 51 : Jainendra Siddhanta Kośa, vol. II, p. 582.