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Chapter 2 - Sutra 17
There are five categories: Aupashamik, Kshayik, and Mishra (Kshayeopashamik); and Auyik. Among these,
Parinamika is the form of two lives.
According to the above five categories, they correspond to nine, eighteen, twenty-one, and three respectively.
Samyaktva and Charitra are Aupashamik. Knowledge, perception, charity, gain, share, sub-share, and Samyaktva and Charitra represent nine Kshayik.
Four types of knowledge, three types of ignorance, three types of charity, five types of attainment, Samyaktva, Charitra - all represent the concept of complete renunciation and self-control, and are categorized as eighteen Kshayopashamik.
Four states of existence, four Kshayas, three genders — Veda, one Mithyarnna, one Ajñana, one Asamyama, one Asiddhartha, and six Leshya categorize as twenty-one Auyik.
Jivatva, Bhavyatva, and Abhavyatva are three, along with other Parinamika categories.
This sutra is presented to illustrate the differences in the views regarding the nature of the soul between Jain philosophy and other philosophical systems. Samkhya and Vedanta regard the soul as eternal and do not accept any kind of results. They consider knowledge and experiences of pleasure and pain as mere attributes of nature. The Vaisheshika and Nyaya schools attribute qualities of the soul to knowledge, etc.