Is there any text mentioning about the size of soul in Hinduism?
If there, then what is the size/volume of soul according to it?
Is it a physical thing and has same size for all organisms?
What I mean is physical dimensional explanation of soul.
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The size of the soul is mentioned in the Śvetaśvatara Upanishad.
बालाग्रशतभागस्य शतधा कल्पितस्य च ।
भागोजीवः स विज्ञेयः स चानन्त्याय क ॥ ५.९ ॥
Know the embodied soul to be a part of the hundredth part of the point of a hair divided a hundred times, and yet it is infinite.
(English translation of Svetasvatara Upanishad by Swami Nikhilananda)
Considering the thickness of the tip of the human hair approximately 1 millimeter. Calculating the size we can around 1 nanometer (i.e. 0.000000001 meter). Since the soul is so tiny, it is not possible to see the spirit soul with the naked eyes.
Ganesh
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A human hair is closer to 100 µm. (100 µm / 100) / 100 = 10 nm – Rubellite Yakṣī Apr 26 '18 at 14:38
https://harekrishnarevolution.wordpress.com/2011/05/30/the-size-of-the-soul/
– hanugm Nov 17 '15 at 11:41