Vitality

Vitality means Life

Vitality is life, life force, health, youth, or ability to live or exist. The word vitality is derived from the Latin word vita , which means life.

Biology

Outside of its own existence or source, life is only recognized through some form of expression or dynamic. A living organism experiences its own life from the internal dynamics of its own being, something not observable from outside – in the absence of an expression or dynamic.
Can there be vitality (life) with no expression or dynamic (internal or external)? By this definition the answer would need to be : "No."

Jainism

According to Jain philosophy, there are ten vitalities or life-principles:^[1]-

• The five senses
  • Touch
  • Taste
  • Smell
  • Sight
  • Hearing
• Energy
• Respiration
• Life-duration
• The organ of speech
• The mind

The table below summaries the vitalities, living beings possess in accordance to their senses.^[2]

Senses	Number of vitalities	Vitalities
One	Four	Sense organ of touch, strength of body or energy, respiration, and life-duration
Two	Six	The sense of taste and the organ of speech in addition to the former four
Three	Seven	Addition of the sense of smell
Four	Eight	Addition of the sense of sight
Five	Nine	Addition of the sense of hearing (Without Mind)
	Ten	With Mind

According to major Jain text, Tattvarthsutra: "The severance of vitalities out of passion is injury".^[2]

Urban planning

In the context of urban planning, that vitality of a place is its capacity to grow or develop its liveliness and level of economic activity.^[3]

References

1. Pujyapada (Shri.) (1960). S. A. Jain, ed. Reality. Vira Sasana Sangha. Archived from the original on 2015. Not in Copyright
2. Jain 2012, pp. 34–35.
3. "Planning Portal – Planning Portal Glossary: V".

Sources

• Jain, Vijay K. (2012), Acharya Amritchandra's Purushartha Siddhyupaya, ISBN 9788190363945, Non-copyright