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mainly four - 1. Anger (Krodha), 2. Pride (Māna), 3. Deceit (Māyā), and 4. Greed (Lobha).
Leśyā (Spiritual Colouration or Aura) - Leśyā is the aura or
spiritual hue or colouration acquired by any living being due to its current residual karmic bondages. Consequently it also determines his mental dispositions and resultant tendencies at any given point of time. It, thus, becomes instrumental in either bonding fresh karma matter with the soul or in shedding the existing ones. Leśyā or spiritual colouration or aura is of six types? - 1. Krsna leśyā or black aura, 2. Neela leśyā or blue aura, 3. Kāpota leśyā or Grey aura, 4. Pīta leśyā or yellow aura, 5. Padma leśyā or lotus aura and 6. Sukla leśyā (white or pure spiritual aura).
From the point of view of auspicious and inauspicious spiritual hues they are of two categories. The first three -black, blue and grey spiritual coloration's are inauspicious and the remaining three - yellow, lotus and
white are auspicious ir nature. Loka (Universe) - The part of infinite space, admeasuring
fourteen Rāju, that is fully occupied by Dharmāstikāya (unmanifest matter that neutrally aids the motion of the
A. Sthānānga, 4/1/75. B. Samavāyānga, 4/20.
| Prajñāpana, 28/7. D. Sri Jaina Siddhānta Bol Sangraha, Pt. 1, p. 269. E. Jainendra Siddhānta Kośa, Pt. 2, p. 33. F. Vyākhyāprajñapti, 1/3. A. Sthānānga, 3/1/58.. B. Samavāyānga, 6/31. C. Uttarādhyayana, 34/3.
Prajnapanasūtra, 17/2. E. Srī Jaina Siddhānta Bol Sangraha, Pt. 2, p. 70–77.
F. Jainendra Siddhānta Kośa, Pt. 3, p. 436. Jain Education International
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