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116 body karma under 8.11.3. It has two varieties - (1) positional formation and (2) Scalar or size formation. The sub-species of formation fixes the position and size of the body parts like the eyes etc. depending upon the genus of the living beings. Alternatively, the formation is that which is formed due to the realisation of the karma of formation. 6. The physique-making karmic sub-species of bonding or cohesion is defined as that whose realisation results in the mutually joining together of the space points of mattergies acquired due to the physique-making karma of body. If this karma is not there, there would be no connection between the body parts like the heap of pieces of woods. (Some texts like SS mention its five varieties based on the five types of bodies as pointed out earlier in 8.11.3). 7. The physique-making karmic sub-species of union or fusion is defined as that whose realisation results in the association of gross body etc. through tight or packed inter-penetration of their space points. (This union has been translated by some as molecular interfusion. This also has five varieties as in the case of the karma of formation not mentioned in this commentary). 8. The physique-making karmic sub-species of configuration is defined as that whose realisation results in the specific physical shapes (and size) of different bodies (and their parts) formed due to the realisation of the karma of body as in 8.11.3. It has six varieties : (1) Perfectly regular or symmetrical, (2) Banyan-like upper part symmetrical (above navel), (3) Lower-part symmetrical (below navel), (4) Hunch-backed, (5) Dwarf and (6) Irregular or un-symmetrical shape.
The regular symmetrical configuration is a figure formed by arranging the parts of the body symmetrically in the upper, lower and middle portions of the body like a symmetrical shape made by a proficient artist. The banyan tree-like configuration is that where there is a larger mass of mattergic space points accumulated above the navel and smaller mass of mattergic space points accumulated below it like a banyan tree. The lower-part symmetrical body is just the reverse of the banyan- tree like configuration. It has a configuration like the ant-hill (or a man suffering from elephantitis). The hunch-backed configuration is that which has heavy accumulation of mattergic mass over the back of the body like a hump-backed man. The dwarf configuration is the cause of forming minified limbs and minor limbs of the body. The
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