The Doctrine of the Jainas, Described after the Old Sources c8.75

c8.75

Next to the shape of the body we have to mention its size (*sarīr'ogāhaṇā*). The bodies of elemental beings will not go beyond their diminutive smallness which, as a minimum, pertains to all earthly beings. But everywhere else the maximum size is enormous: plants and aquatic animals upto 1000 *joy.*, animals living on dry land up to 6 *gāuya*, and human beings up to 3 *g.* etc. (Pannav. 412b). Beyond the range of the horizontal world the size of the body will increase the more the deeper we go, as it will decrease the more the higher we go : the beings inhabiting the deepest regions of hell measure 500 *dhaṇu*, the Aṇuttarovavāiya 1 *rayaṇi* (Pannav. 417a). For the siddha see §187.