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## The Five Categories of Karma
The aggregate of the **Nokaśaya** karmas is called the **Nokaśaya** category, the aggregate of the **Nāmakarma** karmas is called the **Nāmakarma** category, the aggregate of the **Gotrakarma** karmas is called the **Gotrakarma** category, and the aggregate of the **Antarayakarma** karmas is called the **Antarayakarma** category.
The highest state of each of these categories is called the **highest state of the category**. The **highest state of the category** is the **highest state of Mithyatva** multiplied by the **highest state of the category**. The **lowest state of the category** is obtained by subtracting an **innumerable** part of the **highest state of the category** from the **highest state of the category**.
The reason for this is that there is a great difference in the **highest state** of different karmas within the same category. For example, the **highest state** of **Vedaniya karma** is **thirty Koḍakoḍī Sagaropama**, but the **highest state** of **Sātavedaniya karma**, a sub-category of **Vedaniya karma**, is half of that, **fifteen Koḍakoḍī Sagaropama**. According to the **Pañcasamgraha**, to find the **lowest state** of **Sātavedaniya karma**, we should divide its **highest state** of **fifteen Koḍakoḍī Sagaropama** by the **highest state of Mithyatva**. And according to the **Karmapratikrti**, to find the **lowest state** of the **Sātavedaniya karma** category, we should divide its **highest state** of **thirty Koḍakoḍī Sagaropama** by the **highest state of Mithyatva** and then subtract an **innumerable** part of the result.
**1. Baggukkosaṭhiīṇ Mittakosagaṇ Maṁ Lakha.
Sesāṇaṁ Tu Jahannā Pallāsakhijjamāgaṇā.** - **Karmapratikrti 79**
The **lowest state** of each category is obtained by dividing the **highest state of the category** by the **highest state of Mithyatva** and then subtracting an **innumerable** part of the result.