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8. Stri-veda--Through this, in the female the desire for union with
a male is excited.
9. Napursaka-veda—The third sex is produced by the rise of this
karma. The sexual urge with them is exceedingly strong,
since it is directed towards male and female both. The caritra-mohaniya karma has accordingly twenty-five subspecies. Adding the three sub-species of the darśana-mohaniya to it, we have in all twenty-eight sub-species of the belief and conduct-obscuring (mohanīya ) karma. The following table will show the sub-species of mohanīya karma.
1 Commentary on Karma-grantha, I, 14-9; I, 21-2.
