Practical Path

Author(s): Champat Rai Jain
Publisher: ZZZ Unknown

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THE PRACTICAL PATH.
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This is of five kinds, corresponding to the five kinds of bodies enumerated above.
(7) Sanghâta, a still closer union of particles than bandhana. This is also different for the five different kinds of bodies, hence, of five types.
(8) Sansathana, or development, which is of six kinds, as follows :
(i) samachaturasra, i.e., proportionate, (ii) nyagrodha parimandala, that is, well-deve
loped in the upper parts and ill-formed in
the lower, (iii) svátika, orwell-formed in the lower portion,
but stunted in the upper. (iv) kubjaka, that is, hunch-backed,
(v) vâmana, or dwarfish, and (vi) hundaka, that is, general mal-formation.
(9) Sanghanana, or formation of bony skeleton. This is of the following six kinds, of which only the last three are possible in the present age :(i) vajra vrişabha náracha, that is, adamantine,
or iron-like formation of bones, their wrap
pings and nails, (ii) vajra närâcha, i.e., iron-like formation of
bones and nails, but not of wrappings, or
bandages, (iii) nårâcha, or bones, wrappings, and nails of the
ordinary type, that is to say, without ada
mantine strength, (iv) ardha nárd cha, that is, no wrappings, but only
partially nailed joints, (v) kilaka, or wholly nailed joints, and
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