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responsible for the manufacturing of the material of the different bodies, which, bulk for bulk, is neither heavy like iron, nor light like cotton-wool.
(16) Upaghâta, by whose operation are formed such organs as are inimical to the very organism to which they belong, e.g., big, bulky belly, long horns, and the
like. 115 (17) Paraghata, the energy which makes organs
which might be used for the destruction of others, such
as sharp horns, poisonous fangs, and the like. 116 (18) Âtâpa, which makes a heat-producing and
luminiferous body, such as that of the prithvikâya jîras in the solar orb.
(19) Udyota, the energy which produces a phosphorescent, that is, luminous, but not heat-producing,
organism, e.g., the body of a fire-fly. 118-119 (20) Vihayogati, the energy which enables one to
fly, or move through air. It is either shubha (graceful) or ashubha (the opposite of graceful).
(21) Breathing (uchchhvása).
(22) Trasa, which procures birth in the classes of
jîvas above the one-sensed type. 122 (23) Sthâvara, which leads to birth in the class of
one-sensed jîvas. 128 (24) Badara, which produces a body capable of
offering resistance to, and of being resisted by, other
bodies. 124 (25) Sukshma, which produces a body incapable of : offering resistance to, or of being resisted by, others. 125. (26) Paryâpti, the power to utilise the particles of
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