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and five sensed animals exept for representative examples. Of course, T. S. and later commentaries give some details about human classification'.
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Table 4, 5, 6 give names of 2, 3, 4-sensed beings in a consolidated way. There are about 40 2-sensed, 55 3-sensed and 50 4-sensed mobiles listed in canons. However, about 25% names are familiar today in current terms, others have to be identified. All these animals are deficient sensed and form invertebrate class of zoology. There seems to be some duplication in names (like scorpion, spider, red water insects etc.) suggestive of either different varieties of them or uncertainty about their senses.
Table 4: Two-sensed Beings in Jaina Canons.
1. Intestinal worms
3. Thread worms
5. Needle mouthed worms
7. Deadbody worms
9. Timber worms
11. Red water insects
13. Sea louse
15. Small conch
17. Ghulla conch 19. Pearls 21. Sukti
23. Small cowrie
25. Nandyayavarta
27. Leech
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2. Tape worms
4. Cowdung/Cowhair worms 6. Flute mouthed worms
8.
Snakelike worms
10. Saliva insects
12. White ants
14. Conch 16. Śambūka conch
18. Khulla conch
20. Mother pearls
22. Cowrie
24. Dvidhävarta
26. Ekatävarta
28. Saumangalaka
30. Jalomuka
32. Jaggery germs 34.Anullaka
29. Gojalaka
31. Nupura
33. Kalukavas
35. Candanaka ( spl. cowrie ) 36. Skandha
37. Śuktisampuṭa
38. Palloya
39. Arista etc.
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