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nigoda
Jaina philosophy
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association with jiva
- In jiva
Clusters of minute beings, called nigodas, belong to the lowest class of jivas, which possess only the sense of touch and undergo such common functions as respiration and metabolism but have little hope of ever progressing to a higher spiritual or bodily state. The whole space of the world is…
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role in Jainism
- In Jainism: Jiva and ajiva
…infinite number of minute beings, nigodas, some of which are slowly evolving while the rest have no chance of emerging from their hapless state.
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