Jaina Culture

Author(s): Mohanlal Mehta
Publisher: P V Research Institute Varanasi

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JAINA CULTURE
tric and karmic bodies have no parts); fifteen bindings(1) the binding of gross body with previous gross body, (2) with electric body, (3) with karmic body, (4) with electric and karmic bodies, (5) the binding of transformable body with previous transformable body, (6) with electric body, (7) with karmic body, (8) with both, (9) the binding of projectable body with previous projectable body, (10) with electric body, (11) with karmic body, (12) with both, (13) the binding of electric body with previous electric body, (14) with karmic body and (15) the binding of karmic body with pevious karmic body; five scrapings—the scraping of the matter of gross body, of transformable body, of projectable body, of electric body and of karmic body; six firmnesses of the joints of gross body-an excellent joining in which the bones are hooked into one another (vajra-1 şabha nārācasamhanana), a joining which is not firm (rsabha-nātāca-samhanana), a joining which is still weaker (nārāca-samhanana), a . joining which is on one side like the preceding one, while on the other the bones are simply pressed together and nailed (ardha-nāräca-saṁhanana), a weak joining in which the bones are merely pressed together and nailed (kilika-saṁhanana) and a weak joining in which the ends of the bones merely touch one another (sevārta-saṁhanana); six figuresthe entire body to be symmetrical, the upper part of the body to be symmetrical and not the lower, the body below the navel to be symmetrical and above it to be unsymmetrical, the body to be hunch-backed, the body to be dwarflike and the entire body to be unsymmetrical; five colours (of the body etc.)-black, blue, red, yellow and white; two odours-pleasant and unpleasant; five tastes—bitter, sour, acidic, sweet and astringent; eight touches--soft, hard, light, heavy, cold, hot, smooth and rough; four transmigrating forces (anupūrvis) corresponding the four states of existencecelestial, human, anim al-cum-plant and hellish; two gaits moving in a pleasant manner and moving in an ugly manner. The second group has eight varieties: superiority over