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Do all living beings have equal number of sense organs? What is the classification of Living beings on the basis of sense organs? |
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All living beings have sense organs as per their karmas. There are five types of living beings on earth. They are:
- Ekindriya (being with single sense organ)
- Beindriya (being with two sense organ)
- Tenindriya (being with three sense organ)
- Chaurindriya (being with four sense organ)
- Panchendriya (being with five sense organ) |
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| Q.2 |
Which sense organ do Ekindriya beings have? |
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The five Kaay.
- Prithvi Kaay - Soil - Apa Kaay - water
- Vaayu Kaay - Air - Teu Kaay - Fire
- Vanaspati Kaay - vegetation
All these have only one sensation, that of touch as they have only body. |
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| Q.3 |
Which sense organ do Ekindriya beings have? |
| A.3 |
Ekendriya bengs have only body (skin). they cannot move around on their own. |
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| Q.4 |
Which sense organs do beindriya creatures have? Give a few examples of Beindriya creatures. |
| A.4 |
Beindriya creaures have body and tongue as sense organs hence they can feel sensations of oonly touch and taste. Few examples of Beindriya creatures are conch, catepillar, worms, etc. |
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| Q.5 |
Which sense organs do Tenindriya creatures have? Give few examples of Tenindriya creatures. |
| A.5 |
Tenindriya creatures have body, mouth and nose and hence they can feel sensations of only touch, taste and smell. Few examples of these are ants, lice, termites, etc. |
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| Q.6 |
Which sense organs do chaurindriya creatures have? Give examples of Chaurindriya creatures. |
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Chaurindriya creatures have body, mouth, nose and eys and hence thay can feel sensations of touch, taste, smell and sight. Few examples of these are small insects like housefly, mosquito, cockroch, butterfly, scorpion, etc. |
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| Q.7 |
Which sense organ do Panchindriya creatures have? What are the types of Pachindriya beings? |
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Pachindriya creatures have body, mouth, nose, eyes and ears. Hence, they can feel all five sensations of touch, taste, smell, sight and sound.
There are four types of panchindrita beings,
- Animals
- Humans
- Heaven Dwellers (Devas)
- Hell Dwellers (Narki) |
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| Q.8 |
What types of creatures are panchindriya beings known as? |
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Pachindriya beings are known to four Gati (State).
The four gatis are Nark Gati, Dev Gati, Manushya Gati and Tiryanch Gati.
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| Q.9 |
Are the dwellers of all the four gatis happy or unhappy? |
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There is only unhappiness in Narki Gati (Hell). There is more unhappiness and very less happiness in tiryanch Gati (Animal Life)
The degree of hapiness and unpainess depends on the level of perception and understanding in human beings.
There is lots of hapiness and very less discontent in Dev Gati (Heven) Manushya and Dev gati are reffered to as Sadgati (superior gati). |
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