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8. AGE OF REASON
JAINISM PRINCIPLES
As far as a worldly soul is concerned it possesses a material body along with some other types of bodies. These bodies are made up from different types of varganas (matters). Jainism explains that eight types of vargana exist in the universe. Every space in the universe is filled with these vargana. When five of the eight vargana when attach to the worldly soul they create five different bodies. The remaining three vargana provide three different functions to the material body.
The eight Vargnas (matters) are:
1. Audaric vargana - creates the physical body of the
living being 2. Tejas vargana - creates the Tejas body to the living
being which provides heat and digestion power to the
audaric body. 3. Karman vargana - creates Karmic or Causal body 4. Aharac vargana - creates Aharac body, which is very
small in size and is possessed by some unique soul 5. Vaikriya vargana - creates Vaikriya body, which can
be converted into very small or large in size 6. Breathing vargana-provides breathing
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