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(6) Nâma, which is responsible for the work of
organising different bodies and bodily limbs; (7) Gotra, which determines descent, lineage, and
the like; and (8) Antaraya (from âya, to come or stand, and
antara, between), which prevents effective
ness and interferes with energy in general. These are the main kinds of forces engendered by individual actions. The Jaina Siddhanta sub-divides them again into one hundred and forty-eight minor types which may be studied with the aid of other works on the subject. It is, however, important to note here that the eight kinds of karmas are divisible into two main types, the ghatiya and the aghấtiya, of which the former comprises the first, second, fourth and eighth classes described above, and the latter, the remaining four.
The reason for the distinction lies in the fact that while the former actually restrict and interfere with the natural attributes and properties of the soul, the latter are mainly concerned with its environments, surroundings and bodies. Hence are the former known as ghatiya which means inimical, and the latter aghâtiya (a=not+ ghấtiya). The ghâtiya may further be divided into (a) those that are directly controllable by the soul and (b) those which are not so controllable, but which can be affected indirectly through those of class (a). The different kinds of energies falling under the mohaniya group all belong to class (a), because they may be directly destroyed by self-restraint on the part of the soul. The following classification of karmas tends
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