________________ Pancastikaya-samgraha soul (jiva), since it departs in six directions, is of six kinds; since it is established by the seven-limbs (saptabhanga) of assertion, is of seven kinds; being the substratum of eight qualities (or karmas), is of eight kinds; since it blends with nine objects (padartha), is of nine kinds; and since it exists in ten kinds of bodies, is of ten kinds. EXPLANATORY NOTE The soul (jiva), from the generic-point-of-view (samgraha naya), is one with its supreme soul-nature of consciousness (cetanatva). As consciousness (cetanatva) manifests in knowledge-cognition (jnanopayoga) and perception-cognition (darsanopayoga), the soul (iva) is of two kinds. The same soul (jiva) has three marks (laksana) that are mentioned in three ways: 1) knowledge-consciousness (jnanacetana), karmaconsciousness (karmacetana or bhavakarma) or fruit-of-karma (karmaphalacetana); 2) origination (utpada), destruction (uyaya) and permanence (dhrauvya); and 3) substance (dravya), qualities (guna) and modes (paryaya). In its worldly state, the soul (jiva) wanders in four states-of-existence (gati), the infernal-being (naraka), the human (manusya), the plantand-animal (tiryanca) and the celestial-being (deva). It is thus of four kinds. The soul (jiva) exhibits five main qualities (guna) or dispositions (bhava) - subsidential (aupasamika), destructional (ksayika), destruction-cum-subsidential (ksayopasamika), rising (audayika), and inherent-nature (parinamika). It is thus of five kinds. The soul (jiva), while in transit from one body to another, traverses in six directions only - the four transverse, the upward, and the downward directions. It is thus of six kinds. The soul (jiva) is established by the seven-limbs (saptabhanga) of . .. .. . . . . 142
