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JEEV-VICHAR
TRAŞKAAY The tras livingbeings can be divided into four sections.
1) Beindriya.
2) Teindriya.
3) Chaurindriya. 4) Panchendriya. • Beindriya, Teindriya and Chaurindriya are collectively
called Vikalendriya. 1) BEINDRIYA - Livingbeings who possess two sense
organs - skin and tongue- are called Beindriya. e.g. bellyworms, woodworms, conch, seashells, worms
produced in the food of the previous day, etc. 2) TEINDRIYA - Livingbeings who possess three sense
organs - skin, tongue, and nose - are called Teindriya. e.g. ants, ial' (a kind of worm), louse, bug, centipede,
gingoda (worms produced in the bodies of dogs) etc. 3) CHAURINDRIYA - Livingbeings who possess four
sense organs - skin, tongue, nose, eyes - are called Chaurindriya. e.g. scorpion, locust, wasp, honeybee, fly, mosquito etc. (3 Paryapta + 3 Aparyapta = Totally 6 Types.
PANCHENDRIYA CAN BE DIVIDED INTO FOUR TYPES
Naarki (Infernalbeings)
14
Tiryanch (Animatebeings)
20
Manushya (Humanbeings)
303
Dev (Celestialbeings)
198
