There is a famous quote which is circulating online that according to Hinduism, soul transmigrates through 8.4 million or 84 lakh bodies before reaching human form. Now, if we remove 4 lakh human species from the quote, only 80 lakh species are available. But science says 87 million species are discovered, and still 80% of the world species are not discovered. So, as only places in India are mentioned in Hindu epics, only Indian species have souls or the other way around?
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In one word answer is Yes! All species have souls. – Just_Do_It May 11 '18 at 13:32
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@Just_Do_It all species living in the world? – Tat Tvam Asi May 11 '18 at 13:34
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Yes all species living anywhere. – Just_Do_It May 11 '18 at 13:35
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@Just_Do_It Then why only 8 million mentioned? – Tat Tvam Asi May 11 '18 at 13:36
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'famous quote' - from where?? Anecdotes are not references. – Swami Vishwananda May 11 '18 at 13:44
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@Swami Vishwananda people say it is mentioned in Padma Purana. I actually wanted to quote the verse here but somehow I forgot. – Tat Tvam Asi May 11 '18 at 13:46
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@NarayanaSharma It is from Vishnu Purana but why are you linking Science with it? – The Destroyer May 11 '18 at 16:33
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@TheDestroyer I am actually saying there are more than 8 million species discovered. – Tat Tvam Asi May 11 '18 at 16:59
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@NarayanaSharma It will be better if we don't mix Science with Scriptures. Science evolves gradually and it will be better if we limit questions to Hinduism only. – The Destroyer May 11 '18 at 17:00
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@TheDestroyer This question is actually limited to Hinduism only. If I removed the discovery of more than 8 million species, my question will become pointless. – Tat Tvam Asi May 11 '18 at 17:01
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You may be interested in no. of Jivas – Pandya May 11 '18 at 18:27
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read the difference between Atman Vs soul from "Being Different" by Rajiv Malhotra. All being are reflection of the Paramathama i.e. they have atman ... Soul is more of a "abhrahamic" concept which only humans have Atman (Dharmic) != Soul (Abrahamic) Even Amoeba has a "soul" – Akhil May 11 '18 at 19:15
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It's 84 lakhs of Yonis/wombs .. It's mentioned in my answer here: https://hinduism.stackexchange.com/questions/17705/how-many-times-jeeva-gets-human-birth @NarayanaSharma – Rickross May 12 '18 at 05:47