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the duration of the existence of this relation between the soul and the Karma matter, we call it Sthiti
bandhu. (C) Anubhåga Bandha-Anubhága here
means 'quality and intensity.' some Karmas which stick fast to the soul are sharp and acute so much so that the angularities of their character cannot be easily rubbed off. When we speak of bandha with reference to its intensity we look at it from the stand point of Anu
bhåga. (D) Pradesha Bandha-Pradesha means
parts. Karma is ponderable substance : so it must have parts and the minutest part which does not admit of any division is called anu or atom. A Kurma prakritz consists of such innumerable atoms and when we speak of bandha with reference to the number of atoms covering the pradeshas of the soul, we are said to view it from the stand point of Pradesha
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