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Tattvārthasūtra
life-principles (prāņa): the sense-organ of touch (sparśana-indriyaprāņa), strength of body or energy (kāyabala-prāņa), respiration (ucchvāsa-niḥśvāsa-prāņa) and life-duration (āyuḥ-prāņa).
What are the trasa beings?
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[द्विइन्द्रिय आदयः ] दो इन्द्रिय से लेकर अर्थात् दो इन्द्रिय, तीन इन्द्रिय, चार इन्द्रिय और पाँच इन्द्रिय जीव [त्रसाः] त्रस कहलाते हैं।
The trasa beings are those having two or more senses (indriya).
The beings which have two senses are called two-sensed. The word ‘ādi' indicates ‘first' in the order. Where is the order indicated? In the Scripture. How? It is indicated by the mention of two-sensed, threesensed, four-sensed and five-sensed beings. How many life-principles do these beings have? The two-sensed beings have six, namely, the sense-organ of taste (rasanā-prāņa) and the sense-organ of speech (vacana-prāņa), in addition to the four possessed by the sthāvara beings. The three-sensed beings have seven with the addition of the sense-of-smell (ghrāņa-prāņa). The four-sensed beings have eight with the addition of the sense-of-sight (cakşu-prāņa). The five-sensed beings, without mind, of the animal world - asamjñī tiryańca – have nine life-principles with the addition of the sense-of-hearing (śrotraprāna). The five-sensed beings, with mind (samiñī), have ten lifeprinciples with the addition of the mind (manobala-prāna). The beings having six, seven, eight, nine and ten life-principles are the two-sensed, three-sensed, four-sensed, five-sensed-without-mind, and five-sensed-with-mind, respectively, who have attained completion -
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