Do clones have souls?

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Do animal and plant clones have souls? (Such as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolly_(sheep))

Yes all living things have jiva atma's. – Wikash_ Feb 10 '19 at 07:12 — Wikash_, Feb 10 '19 at 07:12
@Wikash_hindu how do clones get souls without copulation? – user5155835 Feb 10 '19 at 07:12 — user5155835, Feb 10 '19 at 07:12
Who says copulation is needed? – Wikash_ Feb 10 '19 at 11:17 — Wikash_, Feb 10 '19 at 11:17
Kauravas were born in jars, yet they had souls – Aoi. T_015 Feb 10 '19 at 11:51 — Aoi. T_015, Feb 10 '19 at 11:51

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 10 '19 at 11:35

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Asya visramsamAnasya sharirasthasya dehinah |
DehAdvimuchyamanasya kimatra parishishyate | Etadvai tath || - Katha Upanishad 2.2.4

When, one, who is established in the body, as it's lord, gets detached from the body, what remains in the body then? That is the AtmA.

So anything alive has the soul in it. Because the body is considered as dead or alive depending on whether the Atma is still attached to the body or not.

answered Feb 10 '19 at 11:35

Rickross

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This question has no answer in Hinduism @rickross. This question needs to be closed. – S K Feb 11 '19 at 14:12

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 11 '19 at 14:08

Gita makes it clear that AtmA resides in each jiva:

10.20 O Gudakesa, I am the Self[AtmA] residing in the hearts of all beings, and I am the beginning and the middle as also the end of (all) beings.

All means including animal and plant clones.

Do clones have souls?

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