resemblance between paryāpti and prāṇa will be noticed. A Jaina'sādhu told the writer that the peculiarity of paryāpti consisted in the fact that when a jīva migrated from one life to another, it could obtain these paryāpti in the space of forty-eight minutes. Others, however, say that paryāpti and prāṇa are practically identical. Some jiva have all six paryāpti, some five, and some four; but none can have less than four; if a jīva dies before it attains the number decreed for it, it is classed as Aparyāptā.
x. Eleven
classes.When Jīva is classified in eleven ways, to the first four orders of indriya are added the three subdivisions of Pañċendriya (nārakī, tiryañċ and manuṣya) which we have already discussed, and then to these are added the four subdivisions of demi-gods, or Deva.[1] Jaina subdivide their gods into Bhavanapati, the lords of the lower parts of the earth, who are often serpents of various kinds; Vyantara, evil spirits such as ghosts, witches, goblins, &c.; Jyotiṣī, who live in 'planets', under which are included sun, moon, and stars; and Vaimānika, or residents of celestial worlds, which are sometimes larger and sometimes smaller than our world.
xi.
Twelve
classes.The twelve ways in which Jiva can be looked at are xi. made up of Pṛithvīkāya, Apakāya, Teukāya, Vāyukāya, and Vanaspatikāya (i.e. the five divisions of Ekendriya), Trasakāya (the collective name for the last four indriya), and the subdivision of each of these six classes into Paryāptā and Aparyāptā.
xii.
Thirteen
classes.The thirteen ways are similarly artificially formed by xii. dividing the six Leśyā into Paryāptā and Aparyāptā and adding Aleśī.
xiii.
Fourteen
classes.In the fourteen-fold division the five orders of Indriya are divided into Paryāptā and Aparyāptā, but Ekendriya are divided into two new classes: Sūkṣma ekendriya and
- ↑ It will be remembered that demi-gods were the fourth subdivision of Pañċendriya.
