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Paschima Skandha : (245)
CHAPTER 25
First of all, he undertakes the rod-like emanation (Danda-samudghāta) of the points of the Jiva where he destroys innumerable major parts of the duration of the non-destructive Karmas and infinite parts of their intensity except the life-span Karma. Afterwards, he undertakes the door-panel like emanation (Kapāṭa-samudghāta) and layer-like emanation (Pratara-samudghāta) and sheds innumerable and infinite parts of the duration and intensity of the above Karmas. He, thus, undertakes the fourth kind of emanation- the world-filling emanation (Loka-pūraṇa-samudghāta) of the points of Jiva where the duration of life-span Karma is led to last for an Antarmuhurta while the duration of other Karmas is innumerable times this duration. All these emanations lead to karmic shedding. The Antarmuhurta duration of other Karmas is numerable times the Antarmuhurta duration of lifespan Karmas as per Nagahasti. During the omnisciental emanation, the intensity of inauspicious Karma points is attenuated. Afterwards, he gradually destroys the intensity and duration of Karmas, and, then, there is cessation of various gross and subtle activities or yogas and respiration through gross or fine gross bodily activity. While undertaking the cessation of various mental, vocal and bodily activities, the Karma-destroyer attenuates the karmic supervariforms and turns them into unprecedented super-variforms (which are equal to the innumerableth part of Jagasreni (or its square root or innumerableth part of the preceding supervariforms). These are turned into brick-shaped fine karmic portions for an Antarmuhūrta (krstis
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