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Chapter # 2.2 The duration of karma bondage.
246. What is called the duration of karma bondage (Sthiti bandh)?
The time that karma remain bonded to the soul is called duration of karma bondage.
247. What is the longest duration of time that all eight karma remain in the soul
(Utkrust sthiti)?
1. 30 X 10" sagar years - knowledge obscuring, perception
obscuring, feeling and obstructive karma (30 Krodakrodi
sagaropam) 2. 70 X 10 14 sagar years - deluding karma (70 Krodakrodi
sagaropam) 3. 20 x 1014 sagar years - body and status determining karma (20
Krodakrodi sagaropam) 4. 33 sagar years (Life span determining karma) For definition of sagar see questions 250, 251, which follow.
248. What is the shortest duration of time that the karma can remain in the soul
(Jaghanya sthiti)?
1. Twelve muhurt – for feeling karma 2. Eight muhurt - for body and status determining karma 3. An intra-indian hour - for knowledge obscuring, perception
obscuring, deluding, obstructive, and life span determining karma.
Muhurt = 48 minutes Samay is a single unit of time in Jain philosophy. In a blink of an eye, there are countless samays.
249. What is krodakrodi?
10 million times 10 million = one krodakrodi = 1014
250. What is a sagar?
1014 addhyapalya = one sagar.
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