Shadvikar-Six Changes
Shadvikar (Devanagari: षड्विकार ISO15919: ṣaḍvikāra) is made by blending two Sanskrit words.
- shad - six
- vikar - changes or deformations
Every material body in the entire creation goes through the following six states. These are
- Exists or asti (Devanagari: अस्ति ISO15919: asti) - body starts to form.
- Born or jayate (Devanagari: जायते ISO15919: jāyate) it takes birth,
- Grows or vardhate (Devanagari: वर्धते ISO15919: vardhate) it grows,
- Matures or viparinmate (Devanagari: विपरिणमते ISO15919: vipariṇamate) it starts maturing.
- Deteriorates or apaksheeyate (Devanagari: अपक्षीयते ISO15919: apakṣīyate) it starts deteriorating e.g body becomes weaker, skin sags, eye sight and hearing decline.
- Ceases to exist or vinashyati (Devanagari: विनश्यति ISO15919: vinaśyati) one day the body dies and eventually returns back to five gross elements.
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