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various capacities, for instance, to take food from the outside, to assimilate it with the body, etc. etc. He has the capability to complete these capacities by reason of this karma.
87. Pratyeka nāma karma, is that karma by reason of which, a living being obtains an individual body, a body for itself. There are living beings having a common body, so that many may be living in one body, such as vegetables growing underground.
88. Sthira nāma karma, by reason of which, the teeth and bones are quite strong, solid, substantial and coherent.
89. Shubha nāma karma, by reason of which the upper part of the whole body is symmetrical, There is a difference between this and the nyagrodha samsthāna nāma karma; in this shubha karma the point is that the upper part of the body pleases other people, and also the lower part need not necessarily be defective. In the nyagrodha karma the point is that the construction is symmetrical, and the lower part must be defective.
90. Saubhayya nāma karma, an activity by reason of which the person becomes quite popular.
91. Susvara nāma karma, by reason of which the voice is musical.
92. Adeya nāma karma, by reason of which the person's words obtain weight among people, he is believed.
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