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ouli R; UrkukedeA 1.22 Vanaspatyant n mekam
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'ouli frdkf; d' rd ds thoka ds vFkki - Hkh LFkkoj &thoka ds , d vFkkr - 'Li 'ku&bfUnt' gksh g8 Up to the end of plants-bodied living beings, there is only one sense.
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Q.II.22.1 A.II.22.1
Which sense organs are possessed by the plant bodied living beings? They have just the touch sense organ only.
Q.II.22.2 A.II.22.2
What is the meaning of Vanaspatyant n ma in the aphorism? Living beings having bodies from earth based till plant based are included in this word.
Q.II.22.3 A.II.22.3
Which are the living beings with earth bodies till plant bodies? One sensed living beings with touch sense only and having earth, water, fire, air and plant as bodies are included in this statement.
Q.II.22.4 A.II.22.4
Why is plant bodied living beings kept at the end? The sequence of five types had been kept keeping the difficulty in cognition in mind, e.g. plant bodied living beings are the easiest to cognize compared to all others while earth based living beings are the toughest to cognize and in that order.
Q.II.22.5
In modern science, which scientist established life in plant bodied living beings? Sir Jagadish Chandra Bose first proved existence of life in plants.
A.II.22.5
Q.II.22.6 A.II.22.6
Who are the owners of touch sense organs? All living beings have touch sense organ. However in this aphorism the reference is to the five one sensed living beings namely living beings with earth, water, fire, air and plant bodies
Q.II.22.7
A.II.22.7
Why are these five types of one sensed living beings indicated in this sequence? Water is base of earth, fire is the anti of water, air is helpful in fire growing, and plants survive due to all the four types of living beings.
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dfe&fi i hfydk&hkej &euự; knhukeddo') kfu 11.23 k mi-pip lik -bhramara-manusy d n mekaikavrddh ni dfe] fi ilfydk] Hkej vky euq; vkfn ds Øe is,d ,d bfunt vf/kd gksh gå The worm, the ant, the bee and man, etc. have each one more sense than the preceding one.
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