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Definition of Living
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However, most scholars have followed the six tradition. Table 7: Completions and Vitalities No. Completions Vitalities
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Food Body
1. Physical strength 3. Senses
2. Sense of touch 3. Sense of taste 4. Sense of smell 5. Sense of sight
6. Sense of hearing Respiration 7. Respiration Speech
8. Vocal strength Mind
9. Mental strength
10. Age Minimum occurrence 4 Minimum occurrence 4
The concept of vitalities is found in early literature in almost all Indian philosophies while the concept of completions is specific to the Jainas. It is found in Bhagavati, jivābhigama, Șaskhandāgama, Mülācāra and other later canons. Generally they are referred to as one of the disquisition doors for the living and taken as one of the physique-making karma. This, however, has a variety of respiration but no other vitalities. The following discussions will lead to the better understanding of completion and vitalities. Table 7 suggests duplication between vitalities and completions. However, they have been said to be as distinguished as two mountains64. Many vitalities are not found in non-completioned stage, they are effects of completions. Probably completions are not the basic characteristics of the living as the vitalities, the durational aspect is absent among the former. However, they could be indirect characteristics as there could be no livingness and vitalities without them. While differentiating between them, Akalanka65 suggests completions to be supra-sensual and imperceptible by sense of touch and hearing in contrast to vitalities. This suggests the
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