Tattvartha sutra

Author(s): Umaswati, Umaswami, D S Baya
Publisher: Agam Ahimsa Samta Evam Prakrit Samsthan

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Tadādīni bhājyāni yugapadekasyä caturbhyaḥ ||
Any worldly living being can possess, at any given time, from these two to four of these bodies (the Aharaka and the Vaikriya bodies are incompatible).
If a soul has two bodies, they are - Taijasa and Karmana; if it has three, they are Taijasa, Karmana and Auda rika/Vaikriya; if it has four bodies, they are Taijasa, Karmaṇa, Audārika and Vaikriya/Āhāraka. A soul cannot, perse, possess one body as Taijasa and Karmaṇa bodies are inseparable from the soul during its worldly existence. However, a view exists that only Kā rmana body is possible and that even Taijasa body is through special attainments just as the Vaikriya and the Aharaka bodies are. (45)
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Nirupabhogamantyani || 45 ||
The last of these bodies (Karmana body-does not feel pleasure or pain. (44)
TATTVARTHA SUTRA LIVING BEINGS: 35
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Garbhasammūrchanajamādyam || 46 ||
The first-Audarika-body is created by birth through a womb or through agglutination. (46)
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Vaikriyamaupapātikani || 47 ||
Labdhipratyayani ca || 48 ||
The Vaikriya body is created through sudden manifestation as well as through special attainment called 'Vaikriya Labdhi. Subham viśuddhamavyāghāti cāhārakami caturdaśapūrvadharasyaiva || 49 ||
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The Aharaka body, which is auspicious created of auspicious material particles and pure- - as its activities cease to be sinful is irresistible and it can be possessed by only those monks who are learned in the fourteen pre-canons (Caturdaśa pūrva).