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How many Gunasthana can there be and secondly, even if the Gunasthana are the same, how many karmas does a being bind to its body, senses, etc.? This cannot be possible by explaining the ownership in relation to Gunasthana. Therefore, it is worth pondering for those with spiritual vision.
**Book Introduction**
There are many books that impart knowledge of sifare. Among them are six karmagranthas namely Karmavipak, Karmastav, Swamitva, Padashiti, ure and Saptatika. These are called Pramin Shat Karmagranthas. The authors are also mixed and different Acharyas and the time of composition is also different. The ancient epithet is not used with them to indicate their antiquity, but it is used to indicate their position from the new karmagranthas created on the basis of their service. Shrimaddevendra
has created five karmagranthas following the above. Their names are as follows:
But none of them
Collection of subjects also
1. Karmavipak 2. Karmaere. 3. Swamitva 4. Parsithi 5. Shatak These karmagranthas are smaller in size than the ancient karmagranthas, the subject matter has not been left out and many new ones have been added. As a result, students of karma literature have adopted these books and except for a few scholars, ordinary people do not even know that there are other ancient karmagranthas besides those of Shri Devendrasur.
The subject matter of general karmagranthas is karma siddhant. But when one is inclined to know the content of each book, it is to be known that the first karmagrantha describes the karmas like jnanaavaran, their types and their fruits. The second karmagrantha explains the nature of Gunasthana and discusses the binding, arising, excitation and maturity of karma natures in them.
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The third karmagrantha describes the owners of the binding of karma natures with the help of margena. It describes which and how many natures a being with a particular margena binds. The fourth karmagrantha describes the jivasthana, margena sthana, guna