Answer

In Jain Dharma, puruṣa-veda and strī-veda do not directly “create” the soul’s gender. They are karmic tendencies related to sexual attraction and desire.

• Puruṣa-veda = the karmic tendency connected with male-type attraction
• Strī-veda = the karmic tendency connected with female-type attraction
• Napuṁsaka-veda = neutral or mixed sexual tendency

So, these vedas mainly describe inner disposition, not the eternal soul itself.

Explanation

In Jain philosophy, the soul is neither male nor female by nature. Gender belongs to the body and karmic condition, not to the pure soul.

These vedas work like this:

• They arise from karma bound by attachment and desire.
• They influence the kind of sexual inclination a living being experiences.
• Along with other karmas, they support the type of body and embodiment one gets in birth.

So the vedas are not the sole cause of gender. They are part of a larger karmic arrangement.

Spiritual Understanding

Jain Dharma teaches that the real issue is not the body’s gender, but the bondage caused by desire and attachment.

These vedas remind us that:

• sensual desire binds the soul,
• inner purity is more important than outer identity,
• liberation comes by reducing attachment, not by identifying with the body.

Takeaway

Puruṣa-veda and strī-veda in Jainism are best understood as karmic sexual tendencies, not as the soul’s true identity. The soul is beyond gender; gender is a karmic condition of embodiment.