A sub-type of Nāma (body-making) Karma, the Udaya (rise) of which is responsible for the reincarnation of the Jiva (soul) in thejāti (category) of one-sensed being etc.; it is a classification of the living beings on the basis of the number of sense-organs available to the Jīva.
Ekendriyādīnāmekendriyatvādirūpaṣaṃānaparināmalaksanamekendriyādiśabdavyapadeśabhāk yatsāmānyaṃ sā jātistajjanakaṃ nāma jātināma.
(Prajna 23.40 Vr Pa 469)