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70. (i) Devanupurvi Karma-means the set of action-currents which directly leads the jiva to Deva gati or the region of the gods and the demi-gods. 71. (ii) Narakanupurvi karma-means the set of action-currents which directly leads the jiva to the Naraka gati or
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72. (iii) Manushyanupurvi karma-is the set of action-currents which leads the jiva straight to the human world.
73. (iv) Tiryagánupurvi karma-is the set of action-currents leading the jiva straight to the worlds of the beasts and birds.
It is interesting to note here by the way that according to the principle of karmacausality, a jiva after death has to go straight not only to the gati or the world wherein he is destined by the action-currents of its own setting up to move about; but also straight to the very Yoni or womb through which it is destined as well, to take its rebirth immediately after the termination of its past life. The period intervening
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