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## First Karma Granth
(8) Karma that destroys the powers of the soul, such as giving, receiving, enjoyment, consumption, and strength, or acts as an obstacle in giving, etc., is called **Mantarayakarma**.
These eight karmas are further divided into two categories: **Ghati** and **Aghati**. **Gnanavarana**, **Darsanavarana**, **Mohaniya**, and **Antaraya** are the four **Ghati** karmas. "Ghati" is a meaningful term. These karmas are called "Ghati" because they destroy the soul's inherent qualities and its true nature. The remaining four karmas - **Vedaniya**, **Ayu**, **Nama**, and **Gotra** - are called **Aghati**. Although they do not have the power to destroy the soul's inherent qualities and its true nature, they possess the power to bind the soul to the body through its acquired qualities.
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**Ghati** karmas:
1. **Gnanavarana** and the other eight karmas have five sub-categories for **Gnanavarana**, nine for **Darsanavarana**, two for **Vedaniya**, twenty-eight for **Mohaniya**, four for **Ayu**, one hundred and three for **Nama**, two for **Gotra**, and five for **Antaraya**. These sub-categories are called the **Uttara-Prakritis** of those respective karmas. Some texts mention a total of sixty-nine or one hundred and forty-eight sub-categories of these karmas. The reasons for these variations will be explained as needed. Here, for the sake of easy understanding for the inquisitive, the number of **Uttara-Prakritis** of **Gnanavarana** and other karmas is mentioned as one hundred and forty-eight.
Further, in the next verse, to explain the names of the **Uttara-Prakritis** of **Gnanavarana** karma, we will first describe the five categories of knowledge.