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## Chapter 428: The Seven Tika
**What is destroyed?** Here, the **purushaveda** has already ceased to arise and be stimulated, therefore it becomes **apgatavedi**.
This statement should be understood in relation to a being who ascends the **kshapka** श्रेणी (category) due to the arising of **purushaveda**. However, a being who ascends the **kshapka** श्रेणी due to the arising of **napumsakaved** destroys **sap** and **sandhed** simultaneously. At the time when **striveda** and **napumsakaved** are destroyed, **purushaveda** is liberated from bondage. Afterwards, it becomes **apgatavedi** and destroys **purushaveda** and the six **nokashayas** simultaneously.
If a being ascends the **kshapka** श्रेणी due to the arising of **striveda**, it destroys **napumsakaved** first and then **striveda**. However, even in this case, **purushaveda** is liberated from bondage at the time of **striveda**'s destruction. Afterwards, it becomes **apgatavedi** and destroys **purushaveda** and the six **nokashayas** simultaneously.
**Description of the kshapka श्रेणी based on purushaveda**
A being who ascends the **kshapka** श्रेणी due to the arising of **purushaveda** and is experiencing the **krodha** कषाय (passion), after the cessation of **purushaveda**, the duration of **krodha** कषाय is divided into three parts: **ashvakarnakarana** काल, **kittikarana** काल, and **kittivedana** काल.
1. **Ashvakarnakarana** काल: **Ashvakarna** refers to the ear of a horse. It is large at the base and gradually narrows towards the top. Similarly, the **karana** (cause) in which the four **sanjvalanas** (agitations) from **krodha** (anger) to **loma** (hair) gradually become infinitely smaller, is called **ashvakarnakarana**. It is also known as **aavolkarana** and **uvarthanapvarthanakarana**.
2. **Kittikarana**: **Kitti** means to make thin. Therefore, the **karana** in which the previous...