Indian Philosophy (sarva darshana saamkathya)

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Sunder Saar,

I will try to rephrase your question for my understanding. If the following is not what you meant to ask, let them be questions in themselves which our esteemed members (including yourself) can answer.

"An earth worm has an jeeva. So, when you split an earthworm into two, is the single jeeva divided into two? Going by the logic of each living being as having an atma there should be two atmas. Where does the second atma come from?

a)Is it that the orginal atma leaves and two new atmas takes its place (or)

b)The existing atma is retained by one of the split earthworms, while the other one gets a new atma? (or)

c)Both the earthworms share a single atma


Another related question: I heard that even parvatas (mountains?) have life. Do they have an atma associated with them. When does a parvata die?

Thanks in advance