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## The Chapter of the Seven Tika
It is said that out of the aforementioned 995 bhangas, one is attracted to at least one bhang, if not more. The false nature of mohaniya karma, the infinite anubandhi kadha, the non-rejectable avarna krodha, the rejectable avarna krodha, etc., each nature is called a pad, and their collective name is padavrind. This is also called prakriti vikalp. In other words, all the prakritis that are taken into account in the ten prakriti udaysthanas are called pads, and the bhangas that arise from their differences are called padavrind or prakriti vikalp. Here, their total number of differences is stated as 6971. The explanation is as follows:
The ten prakriti udaysthan is one, therefore it has ten prakritis. The nine prakriti udaysthan are six, therefore they have 64654 prakritis. The eight prakriti udaysthan are eleven, therefore they have 88 prakritis. The seven prakriti udaysthan are ten, therefore they have 70 prakritis. The six prakriti udaysthan are seven, therefore they have 42 prakritis. The five prakriti udaysthan are four, therefore they have 20 prakritis. The four prakriti udaysthan is one, therefore it has four prakritis. The two prakriti udaysthan is one, therefore it has two prakritis. Adding all these prakritis together, 10 + 54 + 88 + 70 + 42 + 20 + 4 + 2 = 290.
From these 290 prakritis, each has 24 bhangas. Therefore, multiplying 290 by 24, we get 6960. This number does not include the eleven bhangas of the one prakriti udaysthan. Therefore, adding those eleven bhangas, the total number becomes 6971. Here, it is important to know that the four...