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    List 14 lakh Manushya yoni

    6 months ago 98

    In Jain scriptures, “14 lakh manushya‑yoni” does not mean there is a written list of 14,00,000 separate human names or species.

    It means:

    • In the Saat Laakh Sutra, total 84 lakh jiva‑yoni (birth‑places / forms of life) are mentioned.
    • Out of these, 14 lakh (1,400,000) are human births (manushya‑yoni).
    • This number covers all kinds of human births:
    - All human beings in the regions where humans exist (like Bharat, Airavat, Mahavideh etc. as per Jain cosmology). - All lands, castes, communities, colours, languages, bodies, wealth‑levels etc. - All differences caused by karmas (health, strength, beauty, lifespan, intelligence, etc.).
    • Humans are only garbhaja (born from a womb); there is no sammūrchchhan (spontaneous) birth for humans in Jainism.

    So:

    • Both Shvetambar and Digambar traditions accept the number “14 lakh manushya‑yoni” as part of the 84 lakh jiva‑yoni.
    • No Jain Agam or later text gives a full item‑by‑item list of all 14,00,000 manushya‑yoni. The number is a cosmic count, not a catalogue.

    The Saat Laakh Sutra line is:

    > “चौदह लाख मनुष्य, इस तरह चौरासी लाख जीव-योनि…” > “Fourteen lakh humans; in this way (there are) eighty‑four lakh jiva‑yoni…”

    You can read the full Saat Laakh Sutra with meaning here

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