The Doctrine of the Jainas, Described after the Old Sources c8.88

c8.88

The materiality of the sense causes Viy. 423b to call their bearers, i.e. the *jīva* in itself and all beings in the *Saṃsāra*, *poggali*. We have to distinguish between the *uvacaya*, i.e. the accumulation of atoms suited for the purpose, and the *nivvattaṇā*, i.e. the disposition or shaping, which occurs in *¿ samaya* of a *muhuita*. The *uvacaya* (not mentioned by Umāsvāti) is called *pracaya* by Devanandin (on T. 2, 17). This author distinguishes (see p. 165) between an inner and an outer disposition (*nirvṛtti*), the latter representing the very *pudgala-pracaya*, while the former means the units of the soul with regard of both the extension and shape of the corresponding organ of sense, e. g. the pupil of the eye (comp. JACOBI on the quoted passage). Acc. to Prajn. 294a all that is said about special shapes (*saṃsthāna*) refers to the inner disposition shared by all beings furnished with that sense, and, accordingly, the senses of hearing and smell are shaped like certain flowers (*kalambuya-puppha* and *aimuttaga-canda*), the sense of vision like a lense (*masūra*), the tongue like a knife (*khurappa*), whereas the sense of feeling as not being distinguished into an outer and an inner disposition (Prajn.) appears in different shapes (Pannav. 293b and somewhat divergent Siddhasena on T. 2, 17). Moreover, there are *bāhalla*¹ and *pohatta*² the one standing for the thickness and the other for the width of accumulated matter. Both are diminutively small, and only the *pohatta* of the sense of feeling equals the measure of the body. The range (*visaya*) is largest with vision where it goes beyond 100,000 *joy.*; with hearing it goes up to 12, and with all other senses up to 9 *joy*. This certainly must be taken literally, and just as with the size of the body (s.a.) and the allegedly longest duration of life, this conception refers to legendary individuals. With the objects the organs of sense come into direct contact (*puṭṭhāim*—and *paviṭṭhāim*—