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Nama-rupa.
(iii) Manushyáyu karma-is that by which
a jiva is born in the human world to live and struggle there for a certain
period of time. (iv) Tiryanchâyu karma-is what deter.
mines the period of existence in the world of beasts and birds.
VI. THE NAMA KARMAS. Nama karma, or action-currents deter
· minant of names, forms (näm-rupa) and The action." currents de terminant of
environment which all combine to give the jiva its individuality and singularity. But as the causes and conditions which determine and make up the personality and individuality by means of which a particular jiva is singled out from amongst the many, are of various kinds. The sages have thought it wise, therefore, to classify these karmas into two main divisions (a) Pinda-Prakriti (b) Prateyka Prakriti.
The Pinda Prakriti Nama Karma
Refers to those sets of action-currents which all combine in the concretion of Jivicenergetics in such a way as to make up its physical organism after a certain type, form, colour, configuration, localisation of position in
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