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PERSONALITY DETERMINING KARMA
133 20. Ahāraka bandhana nāma karma, same thing only for the āhāraka body.
21. Taijasa bandhana nāma karma, same thing for the taijasa body.
22. Kārmaņa bandhana nāma karma, for the kārmana body.
23-32. Then by other combinations of two and sometimes of three of the kinds of matters, ten more kinds are produced, but it is unnecessary to give them.
GROUP 6 5. Sanghātana nāma karmas
33. Audārika sanghātana nāma karma, by reason of the activity of which you take in as it were from the outside or take together the matter for the physical body. Literally it means “collecting' or 'bringing together'. That which collects materials from outside to form the eye, etc.; this karma works outside and brings things together into heaps as it were.
34. Vaikriya sarighātana nāma karma, same as the previous, only for the vaikriya or subtle body.
35. Ahāraka sanghātana nāma karma, for the āhärka body. 36. Taijasa, the same as the previous for the taijasa body. 37. Kärmaņa sanghātana nāma karma, for the kārmaņa body.
GROUP 7 6. Samhanana näma karmas
38. The function of this karma is to join the bones together, and this particular karma gives a peculiarly strong joint. It is the highest form of joint. The ends of the bones are hooked into each other, there is a sort of bolt or pin through the hook, and the whole joint is covered with an envelope of tissue. It is called vajra-rsabha-nārāca-samhanana nāma karma. Vajra means the 'pin’. .
39. Rşabha-nārāca-samhanana nāma karma. The same as the previous one, only without the pin.
40. Nāraca-saṁhanana nāma karma, same as the previous one, only with the envelope omitted. Only the hook remains.
41. Ardha-nārāca-samhanana nāma karma. The bones are at one end hooked into each other, and pinned, with no envelope,
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| SR No. | 001190 |
| Book Title | Religion and Philosophy of the Jainas |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Virchand R Gandhi |
| Publisher | Jain International Ahmedabad |
| Publication Year | 1993 |
| Total Pages | 266 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English, Philosophy, Ethics, & Principle |
| File Size | 13 MB |