Introduction to Jainism and its Culture

SR No.: 001605
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Balbhadra Jain
Publisher: Kundkund Gyanpith Indore
Publication Year: 2002
Total Pages: 334
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Religion, & Culture
File Size: 21 MB

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duration (sthiti) come to fruition after and for a longer period and those of shorter duration come to fruition after and for a short period.
BASIC AND AUXILARY PRAKRTIS
Beings experience infinite effects of karmas. The natures of karmas producing these effects are also infinite. Still they have been categorized into eight classes. These are called mūla prakrti bandha or basic nature of bondage or basic category of bondage. These basic categories are - Jñānavaraņa (knowledge-obscuring), Darśanāvaraņa (perception obscuring), Vedanīya (karma responsible for mundane experience of pain and pleasure), Mohaniya (deluding), Āyu (karma that determines the span of a given lifetime), Nāma (karma that determines the destinies and body types), Gotra (karmas that determine environmental circumstances), Antarāya (power hindering).
These are called the eight basic natures of karmas. To understand them in details they have been further divided into 97 sub-categories. These are called auxiliary natures of karma. The names of these are as follows -
Five auxiliary natures of Jñānāvaraña - Matijñānāvaraña, Śrutajñānāvaraņa, Avadhijñānāvaraña, Manaḥparyayajñānāvarana, and Kevalajñānāvaraņa.
Nine Auxilary natures of Darsanāvaraña - Caksu Darśanāvaraņa, Acakśu Darsanāvarana, Avadhidarśanāvarana, Kevaladarśanāvaraņa, Nidrā, Nidrānidrā, Pracalā, Pracalāpracalā, and Styānagriddhi.
Two Auxiliary natures of Vedaniya - Sātāvedaniya, and Asātāvedanīya.
Twenty-eight Auxiliary natures of Mohaniya - Primarily it is of two kinds: Darśanamohanīya and Cāritramohanīya. Darśanamohanīya in turn is of three kinds: Samyaktva, Mithyātva, and Samyakmithyātva. Căritramohanīya is of two kinds: Kașāyavedaniya and Akaṣāyavedanīya. Kaşāyavedanīya itself is of sixteen types: Anantānubandhi-krodha, Anantānubandhi-māna, Anantānubandhimāyā, Anantānubandhi-lobha, Apratyākhyānāvaraņa-krodha,
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