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There are 15 types of **Name Karma** (karma related to name and form). When these 15 types are considered instead of the 5 subtle ones, there are 103 types of **Name Karma**. Then, there will be 158 **Karma Pratikrti** (types of karma) considered as capable of existence.
**Doubt:** In the **Mithyatva** (false belief) **Gunasthan** (stage of spiritual development), the existence of **Tirthankara Name Karma** should not be considered. Because only a **Subhyati** (a being who has attained the highest state of spiritual development) can become a **Tirthankara**. Therefore, how can the existence of **Tirthankara Name Karma** be considered when a **Mithyatvi** (a being in the state of false belief) cannot bind this karma?
**Solution:** A being who has previously bound **Narakayu** (hellish existence) in the **Mithyatva Gunasthan** and later attained **Kshayopaśamika Samyaktv** (perfect knowledge and conduct) and bound **Tirthankara Name Karma**, will inevitably abandon **Samyaktv** and attain **Mithyatva** when going to hell. It is with respect to such a being that the existence of **Tirthankara Name Karma** is considered in the first **Gunasthan**. In other words, if a human being has bound **Narakayu** in the **Mithyatva Gunasthan** in the past and later attained **Kshayopaśamika Samyaktv** and bound **Tirthankara Name Karma**, then that being will vomit **Samyaktv** and go to hell upon death, and attain **Samyaktv** again there. Until the moment of death, **Mithyatva** remains. Therefore, the existence of **Tirthankara Name Karma** is considered there. This is why 148 **Pratikrti** are considered to exist in the **Mithyatva Gunasthan**.
No being can bind **Tirthankara Name Karma** in the second and third **Gunasthan**. Because **Shuddha Samyaktv** (pure perfect knowledge and conduct) is not present in these two **Gunasthan**, **Tirthankara Name Karma** cannot be bound. Similarly, no being can bind **Tirthankara Name Karma** and then fall from **Samyaktv** and attain the second or third **Gunasthan**.