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Kummāputtachariam
The following is the description of the ascent on the ladder which the Annihilator of Actions climbs :-He first annihilates the four varieties of the passions or Kasāyas (anger, pride, deceit and greed) which cause eternal transmigration; then the false faith, the mixed faith and the faith; then, the eight varieties of the Kaşāyas which come in the way of the Five Vows, then the neuter passion, the female passion, the six emotions and the male passion; then, the four varieties of the four passions which cause
temporary excitement. (177)
Then he annihilates two varieties of Gati and two of Anupūrvī; then four out of the five Jātikarmas from Ekendriya upto Chaturindriya; then Ātāpa, Uddyota, then Sthāvara and Sūkṣma. (178)
Then, he annihilates the Sādhārana and the Aparyāpta kinds of Nāma-potencies; then deep sleep, deep walking sleep, and somnambulism; and then, whatever there has remained of the eight Kasāyas (during the course of which he had destroyed all these latter). (179)
Then he, being much exhausted, stops a while and when there remain two moments only for his Omniscience, in the first moment he destroys sleep and walking sleep and the following Nāma-potencies, viz. Devagati and Devānupūrvī, Vaikriya Sarīra, the Samhanana karmas excluding his own Samsthāna, the Tīrthamkara Nāmakarma and Ahāraka variety of Sarīranāmakarma; while in the second moment after annihilating the fivefold
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