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The four aspects of karma pudgalas, which are taken in by the jiva and combined with the atma-pradeshas, are called prakritibandha, sthitibandha, rasabandh, and pradesabandh respectively. Their characteristics are as follows:
(1) **Prakritibandha**: The emergence of different powers and natures in the karma pudgalas taken in by the jiva is called prakritibandha. Here, the word "prakriti" means nature. According to another definition, prakritibandha is the collective term for sthitibandha, rasabandh, and pradesabandh. In other words, prakritibandha is not an independent bond but simply the name for the collective of the other three bonds.
(a) **Chadbhihe bandhe panṇate, tam jaha—pagabandhe, thiivaghe, aṇubhāvabanne, paesabandhe.**
- Samvāyarāga, Samvāya 4
(b) **Prakriti sthitpanṛbhāgapradeśāstadvidhayaḥ.**
- Tattvārthamūtrama 2. In Digambara literature, the word "prakriti" is only considered to mean nature. **Prakriti svabhāvaḥ, prakriti svabhāvaḥ ity anarthāntaram.**
- Tattvārthasūtra 813 (Sarvārthasiddhi, Rājvārttika ṭīkā)
**Payḍī sīl sahāvo........**
- Gokarmakāra 3 3
**Thiibandho dalams sii paesabandho paesgahaṇam jam. Nāma raso aṇubhāgo tassamudāo pagaibandho.**
- Pañcasampah 432
It should be noted here that in the sense of nature, the meaning of **anubhāga bandha** is only the karma's fruit-producing power, its auspiciousness or inauspiciousness, and its intensity or mildness. However, in the sense of the collective, **anubhāga bandha** includes the karma's fruit-producing power, its auspiciousness or inauspiciousness, and its intensity or mildness. In Vetambara literature, both the meaning of nature and the meaning of the collective are accepted.