The Doctrine of the Jainas, Described after the Old Sources c8.266

c8.266

This class of the *nigoya* form the polar contrast to the Siddhas. Of both there exist innumerably many, but while the *nigoya* fill up the entire space of the world, the Siddhas are confined to its highest region (§ 187). The former will not live longer than for 1 *muhutta*, the latter for ever. The former represented the lowest possible stage of development of a being, the latter the highest that can be thought of. In both of them we see the foot and the head of the ladder formed by the occupants of the world. The undeveloped, subtle *nigoya* are not yet subjected to the Karman law, whereas the Siddhas have left it behind.