The Doctrine of the Jainas, Described after the Old Sources c8.69

c8.69

With the only exception of the Tand. as concerns the structure of the human body, we meet next to nothing but generalities.² Thāṇ. 357 a; Tand. 27b know of 6 different ways of joining the bones (saṃghayaṇa, saṃhanana) by means of hooking and pinning: vajja-risabha (or vairōsabha) nārāya, risabha-n., n. addha-n., kiliya and chevaṭṭha (Umāsv. on T. 8, 12 gives spāṭika instead). For an explanation see a. o. V. GLASENAPP, Karman p. 29, for an illustration see BASTIAN, Ideale Welten I, plate IV (the corresponding sentence on p. 283 is incorrect). From coagulation there results the sixth (and worst) kind, from manifestation none at all, since inhabitants of hell and gods have neither bones, nor sinews, nor veins; with generation all kinds are possible. Acc. to Tand. 27b the chevaṭṭha-joint is the only one, however, which now still pertains to human beings.