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NOTES AND NEWS
67 Three gensed beings like ants, bugs, bee etc. possess the senses of touch, taste and smell.
Four-gensed beings like flies, bees, mosquitoes have the senses of touch, taste, smell and sight.
Five-sensed beings like men, birds, beasts, gods etc. possess the senses of touch, taste, smell, sight and hearing.
Jivas of five senses are divided into two classes, those having mind and those having no mind.
As things like rooms, jars, cloth may be complete or incomplete, so Jivas sbould be understood to be complete or incomplete (Paryapta and Aparyapta).
Ahara (taking food and drink), Sarira (Body), Indriya (senses), Anaprana (respiration) Bhasa (Speech), and Manas (Mind) these six make Jivas complete. Of those the first four make Jivas having one sense complete, and the first five make Jivas having two, three and four senses complete. As for Jivas having five senses, all the six are necessary to make them complete (Paryapta). In the absence of these the Jivas are said to be incomplete (Aparyapta).
Thus we have fourteen classes of Jivas Paryapta and Aparyapta of the 7 classes. 1. Gross immobile beings )
ono sensed 2. Subtle immobile beings) 3. Two senged beings. 4. Three sensed beings 5. Four sensed beings 6. Five sensed beings with mind 7. Five sensed beings without mind.
NOTES AND NEWS.
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