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various capacities, for instance, to take food fron the outside, to assimilate it with the body, etc. etc. He has the capability to complete these capacities by reason of this karma.
87. Pratyeka nama karma, is tbat karma by reason of which, a living being obtains an individual body, a body for itself. There are living beings having a common body, so that many may be living in one body, such as vegetables growing underground.
88. Sthira nama karma, by reason of which, the teeth and bones are quite strong, solid, substantial and coherent.
89, Shubha nama karma, by reason of which the upper part oi the whole body is symmetrical. There is a difference between this and the nyagrodha Samsthana nama karma; in this shubha karma the point is that the upper part of the body pleases other people, and also the lower part need not necessarily be defective. In the pyagrodha karma the point is that the construction is symmetrical, and the lower part must be defective.
90. Saubhagya nama karma, an activity by reason of which the person becomes quite popular.
91. Susvara nana karna, by reason of which the voice is musical.
92. Adeya nama karma, by reason of which the person's words obtain weight ainorg people, he is believed.
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