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KARMA - THE MECHANISM
SUTRAS
SUTRA 5 पञ्चनवद्यष्टाविंशतिचतुर्द्विचत्वारिंशद्विपञ्चभेदा यथाक्रमम ॥ ५ ॥ Pancha nava dvya stavinshati chatur dvichatvarinimshaddvi panchabheda yatha karmam (5) Each of the eight main groups of karma is subdivided into more differentiated types: 1 - karma that obstructs access to the five channels of knowledge
(jnana-varana) subdivides into 5 types 2 - karma that prevents insight and understanding (darshana
varana) subdivides into 9 types 3 - karma that determines our feeling of life (vedaniya) subdi
vides into 2 types 4 - karma that causes delusion (mohaniya) subdivides into 28
types 5 - karma that determines the duration and place of future em
bodiment(s) (ayu) subdivides into 4 types 6 - karma that determines form and features of our body (nama)
subdivides into 42 types 7 - karma that determines our status in our social environment
(gotra) subdivides into 2 types 8- karma that causes obstruction in life (antaraya) subdivides
into 5 types. (5)
An alternative - more detailed - specification subdivides karma that determines form and features of our body (nama-karma) into 93 types. Adding this to the 55 subtypes of karma of the other seven groups, the Tattvarthasutra generally speaks of altogether 148 types of karma.
The next eight sutras describe the main groups of karma and their subdivisions in detail.
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