RELIGIOUS SECTS OF THE HINDUS. 2G5 



1. Ucchairgotra, high birth, rank, or the respect of mankind. 



2. Manmhyagati, the state of man, either as obtained from some 

 other form of being or continuance in it. 



3. Suragati, the state of divinity, Godhead. 



4. Panchendriya, the state of superior vitality, or possession of five 

 organs of sense. 



5. Panchadeha, the possession of body, or form of one of five kinds. 



Auddrika, elementary — that arising from the aggregation of elements, 

 as the bodies of men and beasts. 



Vaikriya, transmigrated— that assumed in consequence of acts, as the 

 forms of spirits and gods. 



Ahdrakam, adventitious, one assumed, such as that of the Putvadharas, 

 of one cubit in stature, when they went to see the Tirthankaras in Mahci- 

 videhakshetra. 



Taijasa, the form obtained by suppressing mortal wants, in which 

 state fire can be ejected from the body. 



Kdrmanam, the form which is the necessary consequence of acts. 

 These two last are necessarily connected from all time, and can only be 

 disunited by final liberation, or Moksha. 



Other varieties of « Good,' 1 are colour, odour, flavour, touch, warmth, 

 coolness, and the like. 



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