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अध्याय-२
पृथिव्यप्तेजोवायुवनस्पतयः स्थावराः ॥१३॥ [पृथिवी अप् तेजः वायुः वनस्पतयः ] पृथिवीकायिक, जलकायिक,
अग्निकायिक, वायुकायिक और वनस्पतिकायिक - ये पाँच प्रकार के [स्थावराः] स्थावर जीव हैं। (इन जीवों के मात्र एक स्पर्शन इन्द्रिय etci 1)
Earth-bodied – pịthivīkāyika, water-bodied – jalakāyika, fire-bodied - agnikāyika, air-bodied – vāyukāyika, and plant-bodied – vanaspatikāyika, are sthāvara beings.
The earth-bodied, and so on, are the different divisions of the 'sthāvara'name-karma. The naming of souls (beings) as earth-bodied, etc., is based on fruition of these divisions of the 'sthāvara' namekarma. Four kinds of each of these - earth-bodied, and so on - are mentioned in the Scripture. For instance, earth (prthivi), earth-body (prthivīkāya), earth-bodied (prthivīkāyika), and earth-soul (prthivijīva) are mentioned. That which has no consciousness and has the quality of hardness as its own nature is earth (prthivī). Though it has no consciousness, even in the absence of the fruition of earth namekarma, it is called earth as it is characterized by spreading, etc. Or, earth is the common name, found in the other three also. The earthbody (prthivīkāya) is that which has been abandoned by the soul present in it, similar to the dead body of a man. The earth-bodied (prthivīkāyika) is that which has the earth for its body (namely, the soul that lives in an earth-body). The earth-soul (pịthivījīva) is that which has acquired the name-karma of earth-body, and is in transit with the karmic body, but has not actually entered the earth-body. Similar divisions must be made with regard to water (jala), etc. These five kinds of living beings are sthāvara. How many lifeprinciples or vitalities (prāņa) do these possess? These possess four
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