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Jaina Biology
Besides one hundred sixty joints, Jaina Biology mentions six Sampahaņas (Samghayana) (firm joints or firmness of joints ) viz. (1) Vajra - rşabha - Nārāca - Samhapana, (2) Rşabhapālāca - saṁhanana (3) Narāca Samhanana, (4) Ardhanārāca -Samhanapā, (5) Kilikāsaṁhanana and (6) Sevārta (or chedaprşthā ) Saṁhanana. 127
The first one is an excellent joining of the gross body. The two bones are hooked into each other, through the joining a tack ( vajra ) in hammered and the whole is surrounded by a bandage. The second is not so firm a joining as the preceding one, because the bandage is missing. The fourth one is a joining which is on the one side like the preceding one, whilst on the other the bones are simply pressed together and nailed. The fifth one is a weak joining by which the bones are merely pressed together and nailed. The sixth one is quite a weak joining, by which the ends of the bones only touch one another. 128
127. Vide Lokaprakāśa, 3-399, p. 132.
“Vajjarisahanārāyam padhamam biyam ca rishanārāyam Nārāyamaddhanārāya
kiliya tahaya chevattham/"; Karmagrantha I. 38-19. 128. Lokaprakāśa I. 3, 400-405.
*Sa mghaya namatthinicayo, tam chaddha vajjarisahanārāyam Tahaya risahanārāyam, nārāyam addhanārāyam (38) Kiliya chevathaṁ iha risaho. pattolya vajjam Ubhao makkada bardhao, nārāyam imamuralamge 1/" (39) Karmagrantha 1.
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