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मिया तस्या आर्द्रकन्दः तथा लवणवृक्षस्य त्वक्, न त्वन्येऽवयवाः, खिल्लूढः कन्दविशेषः, अथवाs (चा) मृतवली तन्तुकाकाररूपा तथा मूलको विदित एव भूमिरुहाणि भूमिस्फोटानि प्रागुक्तस्वरूपाणि, विरुडानि अङ्कुरितानि द्विदलधान्यानि, ढक्कवात्थुः शाकविशेषः स च प्रथमोद्गत एव शुकरसंज्ञितो बल्लः स एवानन्तकायिको न तु धान्यविशेषः, पळयङ्कः शाकभेदः, "कोमलंविलिय त्ति" अबद्धास्थिका आलिका, आलुपिण्डालुको कन्दविशेषौ इत्येतेsaraकायिका यत्नेन परिहार्याः श्रावकैर्बुद्धिमद्भिः पुनस्तेष्वनन्तकायजीव घाततया कथमपि विराधना न विधेया तेषामिति गाथा द्वयार्थः ॥ ९-१० ॥
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D. C. Since dry vegetable cannot posaess infinite bodies because of its lifelessness, the word kandaḥ should mean green species, as well as, several dry species, Sprouts of trees like ghosatakī (a kind of vegetable known as घोसोडा or तुरोयां; karira (a tree known as Kérada bearing sour berries); varuna vata (a species of banyan tree; nīmba (Agadircta Indica लोमडो etc. which are young and have not become thick, should also be included under the category ol Ananta-käyika or multi-bodied Vanaspati Kāyika Jivas. Similarly young leaf-buds are also ananta-kayika at the time of their springing forth.
According to Punavaṇā Sūtra, Vanaspati Kāvikas are of two kinds viz (1) Suksma Vanaspati Kāyika ( 2 ) Badara Vanaspati Kayika. Sūksma Vanasptati Kayika are either Paryata or A-paryāpta.
Badara Vanaspari- nayikas are or two kinds viz. (1) Pratyeka Sarîra Bādara Vanaspati Kāyika and (2) Sādhāraṇa Sarira Bādara Vanaspti Käyika.
Pratyéka Sarira Bādara Vanaspti Kāyikas are of twelve kinds viz. 1 Trees eg. Mango-tree etc 2. Quccho ( a cluster ) as ringayi ( egg plant ) 3. Gulma ( a collection ) as of bamboo trees (4) Latā (a creeper) like Campaka lata (5) Valli (a creeper) as of cucumber etc (6) Parvaga (Knotty Vegetation) e. g. Sug
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