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Tattvärthasūtra
वैक्रियिक की अपेक्षा आहारक, आहारक की अपेक्षा तैजस, और तैजस की अपेक्षा से कार्मण शरीर सूक्ष्म होता है।
The bodies are more and more subtle (sūkṣma), successively.
Though the word 'param' has many meanings, here it means relative position or order. The phrase 'param param' ' indicates that the bodies, though distinct from one another, have commonality of the attribute 'fineness', but in varying degree. The gross (audarika) body is 'sthula' - perceivable by the senses. The transformable (vaikriyika) body is finer (sūkṣma) than the gross one. The projectable (āhāraka) body is still finer than the transformable one. The luminous (taijasa) body is still finer than the projectable one. And the karmic (karmana) body is still finer than the luminous one.
Are the bodies successively less with regard to space-points (pradeśa) too? No.
प्रदेशतोऽसंख्येयगुणं प्राक् तैजसात् ॥३८॥
[ प्रदेशतः ] प्रदेशों की अपेक्षा से [ तैजसात् प्राक्] तैजस शरीर से पहले के शरीर [ असंख्येयगुणं ] असंख्यात्गुणे हैं।
Prior to the luminous (taijasa) body (śariia), each body has innumerable-fold - (asamkhyeyaguna) - space-points (pradesa) of the previous one.
The word 'pradeśa' signifies the atom. That which is beyond the numerable is innumerable. That which is innumerable-fold is
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