Jain dharma ke anusaar, jivo ki indriya ki sankhya unke prakaar par nirbhar karti hai. Ped-pudhpa (phool) jaise vriksh ya paudhe ekendriya jiva hote hain, yaani inke sirf ek indriya hoti hai—sparśa (touch). Isliye phoolon ki indriya ki sankhya: 1 hai. (Ekendriya jivayon ki shreni mein shamil.)