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of Vedānta, according to which, the Jñāna of ātman, though not the ātman itself, undergoes contraction and expansion.
Jainas maintain that each body possesses a different soul and hence, there are many souls. It is also held that one body can be occupied by more than one soul but one soul cannot occupy more than one body. Vedāntin differs with this Jaina concept and say that varieties of soul are unwarranted, for the soul is everywhere the same. Like the sky, it is all-pervasive. On account of illusion, we think that there are many, different souls in different bodies. In reality it is one.57
Jaina Philosophy: An Introduction, P-102, 103
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