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A.V.19.3
The entity which is created by the rise of name karmas and undergo the transformation i.e. decays of old parts / constituents and origin of new ones.
Q.V.19.4 A.V.19.4
What is mind? The entity which has the capacity to comprehend i.e. examine good and evil, and remembering is called mind.
Q.V.19.5 A.V.19.5
What is meant by speech? Whatever is spoken in the form of speech particles (bh s vargan ) is called speech.
Q.V.19.6 A.V.19.6
What is the meaning of life force (pr na)? The cause of the life or to exist in a particular realm is called pr na (breathe or respiration).
Q.V.19.7 A.V.19.7
What is the meaning ap na or exhale? The air inside the body which the living being throws out is called exhale.
Q.V.19.8 A.V.19.8
What is the meaning of pr n p na? It means to include both breathing in and out the air i.e. inhale and exhale.
Q.V.19.9 A.V.19.9
What is meant by matter? The entity which goes through fusion and fission continuously as its nature is called matter / pudgala.
Q.V.19.10 A.V.19.10
How many types of speech are there? It is of two types namely physical and psychic.
Q.V.19.11 A.V.19.11
What is psychic speech? The capacity to speak due to the rise of mgop mga (major and minor limbs making) karma and the subsidence cum destruction of energy obscuring karma and knowledge (mind based and scriptural knowledge) obscuring karmas is called psychic speech.
Q.V.19.12 A.V.19.12
What is the meaning of physical speech? The matter particles which are transformed as sounds due (the efficient cause) to the state of psychic speech of the soul are called physical speech.
Q.V.19.13 A.V.19.13
Is psychic speech matter? Psychic speech is a state / mode of soul; however due to its association with the matter and it being not the nature of soul it (psychic speech) separates from the soul and becomes matter. This is from transcendental viewpoint.
Q.V.19.14
Is speech concrete or non concrete?
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