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alambanas (objects of contemplation) and thus acquire the stage of samadhi. Two sets of these manaskāras have been enumerated and discussed:
I. balavähana, sacchidravahana, niśchidravāhana and anābhogavāhana,
II. anulomika, prātipakṣika, prasadaniya and pratyavekṣaṇiya.
XIV. The four motives (nimittas) namely, the alambana (basic, supporting, nidana) (essential or causal), parivarjaniya (ought to be abandoned), and the niṣevaniya (practicable) nimittas help the sadhaka concentrate his mind on the anukula alambana and thus acquire the samadhistage.
XV. The nine fold adhimokṣa (determination) helps the yogin concentrate his mind and determine a particular object through which the stage of samadhi is acquired. These are
prabhāsvara, jada, paṭu, paritta, mahadgata, apramāņa, parisuddha and aparisuddha.
XVI. Yogakaraṇīyani: This discussion comprises enumeration and discussion of the fourfold acts (kriya) of the yogin which he performs through yoga and in the end leads to the realisation of tathata and acquisition of nirvāņa. For this, the cessation of afflicted aśrayas change into a pure invert aśraya (asraya parivarta), the knowledge of the alambana and devotion (abhirati) to the same have been enumerated as the four 'yoga karaniyani' which lead to the attainment of mokṣa1.
1. Vide, MSA, XIX, 54, XXI,47 MSAB, p. 185-86.
