Jaina Karmaology

SR No.: 001654
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: N L Jain
Publisher: Parshwanath Vidyapith
Publication Year: 1998
Total Pages: 186
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Karma, & Tattvartha Sutra
File Size: 11 MB

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if one wishes to have a good life-span and destinity, one must always be careful about following religious path. The life-span karma does not effect bonding of other karmas.
The four kinds of life-span karma have been described. The physique-making karma follows it. The next aphorism mentions about its sub-species (forty two in number) : GATI-JĀTI-ŠARĪRA-ANGOPANGA-NIRMĀNA-BANDHANASANGHĀTA-SANSTHĀNA-SANHANANA-SPARŠA-RASAGANDHA-VARNA-ANUPURVI-AGURULAGHU-UPAGHATAPARAGHĀTA-ĀTAPA-UDYOTA-UCCHVĀSA-VIHÃYOGATYAH PRATYEKA-SARİRA-TRASA-SUBHAGA-SUSVARA-SUBHA-SŮ KŞMA-PARYAPTI-STHIRA-ADEYA-YAŠASKIRTI-SETARANI TI RTHAKARATVAM CA. 8.11.
There are forty two sub-species of the physique-making karma : (1) Destinity (gati,4), (2) Class or genus (Jäti,5), (3) Body (šarira,5),(4) Limbs & minor limbs (Ango-Pānga,3), (5) Formation (nirman), (6) Bondings (Bandhana,5), (7) Fusion (Sanghāta,5),(8) Configuration (Sansthāna,6), (9) Osseous structure or bone-joints (Sanhanana,6), (10) Touch (Sparsa, 8), (11) Taste (Rasa, 5), (12) Smell (Gandha,2), (13) Colour (Varna,5), (14) Successory transmigration (Anupurvi,4), (15) Aheavy-a-light (Aguru-laghu), (16) Self-killing/harming (17) Alienkilling/harming, (18) Hotness emitter (Atapa), (19) Coldness-emitter (udyota), (20) Respiration or breathing (21) Space-moving (Vihā yogati,2) and ten sub-species with their opposites such as : (22) Individual body, (23) General or common body, (24) Mobile body, (25) Non-mobile body, (26) Amiable personality, (27) Non-amiability, (28) Sweet voice, (29) Harsh voice, (30) Auspicious body, (31) Inauspicious body (32) Fine body, (33) Gross body (34) completionedness (35) non-completioned-ness (36) firm or steady body (37) nonfirm or non-steady body (38) radiant body, (39) non-radiant body (40) glorifying personality, (41) Non-glorifying personality and (42) Fordbuilder-ness (Tirthakaratva).
(This aphorism does not mention the sub-classification of some species. However, some of these sub-species have further subclassifications as expressed in brackets which make up a total of 64 for 13 types of sub-species. Thus, 64 + ( 42 - 13 = ) 29 make up the total of 93 sub-species of the physique making karma also. Many texts mention this point). 8.11