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PRĀNAS.
Different living beings have different numbers of pranas (life forces) as follows:
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Beings with only one organ of sense possess four pranas, namely:
1. Touch,
2.
Respiration,
3.
Force of body,
Duration of life (ayuh).
4.
Beings which have only these four forces of life are vegetables trees, water beings, air beings, and fire beings.
Beings with two sense organs have six prānas, namely the above four and also:
5. Sense of taste,
6. Force of speech.
They have the means or power of communicating among themselves, which can be called speech. Shell beings, and protozoa.
Beings with three sense organs have seven prānas, namely the above six and also:7. Sense of smell.
Ants, lice, bed bugs, are instances of such beings. Beings with four senses have prānas, namely the above seven and also:
8. Sense of sight.
Wasps, bees, scorpions are instances of such living beings.
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