ekendriya jiva
nature_spirit Jainism single tradition · 1
In Jainism, the ekendriya jiva are "one-sensed beings" with bodies (kaya) that are composed of a single element, albeit with a 5-element system (earth, water, air, fire, and plant). These beings are actual physical objects and phenomena such as rocks, rain, fires and so on which are endowed with souls (jiva).
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“In Jainism, there is a superficially similar concept within its general cosmology, the ekendriya jiva, "one-sensed beings" with bodies (kaya) that are composed of a single element, albeit with a 5-element system (earth, water, air, fire, and plant), but these beings are actual physical objects and phen”
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