Outlines of Jainism

SR No.: 007012
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: S Gopalan
Publisher: Wiley Eastern Private Limited New Delhi
Publication Year: 1973
Total Pages: 216
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 9 MB

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DOCTRINE OF KARMA
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The first type obscures vision and is referred to as cakşurdarśanīvaraņa karma. The next one obscures the non-visual apprehension and is known as acakşurdarśanāvarana karma. The next two varieties respectively obscure clairvoyance and omniscience and go by the name of avadhi-darśanāvarana karma and kevala-darśanā varana karma. The next five are concerned respectively with producing light sleep, deep sleep, sleep while still the person is sitting or standing, sleep while walking and somnambulism. These are the nidrāvedaniya, nidrā-nidrā-vedanīya, pracalā-vedanīya, pracalā-pracalāvedanīya and styāna-grddhi-vedanīya karmas.
Vedanīyā : This is of two types—that which produces the feelings of pleasure (sātāvedanīya or sadvedya) and that which is responsible for the feeling of pain (asātāvedanīya or asadvedya).
Mohanīya : This is of twenty-eight kinds. The general classification is into the darśana-mohaniya and the cāritra-mohanīya, respectively concerned with obscuring right vision and right conduct. The first one is sub-divided into three and the second, into twenty-five.
Āyus : This is sub-divided into four and they are concerned with the determination of the duration of life (longevity) in the four states of the jīva, viz., the celestial, the human, the animal and the hell-being. Hence these are referred to as deva-āyus-karma, manusya-āyus-karma, tiryag-āyus-karma and naraka-āyus-karma.
Nāma : This is considered to be of one hundred and three types. These are mostly quoted in a fixed succession in four groups : collective types (pindaprakstis) consisting of seventy-five sub-species, individual types (pratyeya-prakstis) consisting of eight sub-species, ten types of self-movable body (trasa dasaka) and ten types of immovable body (sthāvara daśaka).? Some examples in regard to the four types may be noted here. Firmness of joints, symmetry (or otherwise) of the body and complexion of the individual-these are some examples for the first type. The individual's having a feeling of superiority, his capability to found a Holy Order, etc. are some of the examples for the second type. The individual having a handsome (or beautiful, as the case may be) body, posses
4 Ibid., 1. 12 5 Ibid., I. 14-22 6 Ibid., 1. 23 7 Glasennap, op. cit., p. 11