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## Monthly Glossary
**Syāvar Nāmakarma:** A karma whose arising causes the body to remain stable, lacking the strength to protect itself from cold and heat.
**Sthitakalpī:** Those who are situated in these ten kalpas: Bāchelakya, Auddeshika, Shayatarpiṇḍa, Rājapit, Kr̥tikarma, Nata, Jyeṣṭha, Pratikramāṇa, Māsa, and Payuṣaṇa.
**Sthitāsthitakalpī:** Those who are situated in these four kalpas: Shayatarpiṇḍa, Vrata, Jyeṣṭha, and Kr̥tikarma, and are not situated in the remaining six kalpas.
**Sthiti:** The duration of time for which a vivakṣita karma remains attached to the soul.
**Sthitighāta:** Reducing the large sthiti of karmas through apvartaṇākaraṇa, i.e., removing the karmas that are about to arise from their designated time of arising through apvartaṇākaraṇa.
**Sthitibandha:** The time limit for which the karmic pudgalas taken by the jīva do not abandon their syāmāva and remain with the jīva. The specific results of the jīva that arise from the destruction of the nearby kṣaya and cause sthitibandha are called sthitibandha adhyavasyaya.
**Sthitisthāna:** The stages of sthiti, from the lowest state of a karma-prākṛti to the highest state, increasing one by one.
**Sthira Nāmakarma:** A karma whose arising causes the body parts of the jīva, such as teeth, bones, neck, etc., to remain stable in their respective places.
**Snigdhasparśa Bhāmakarma:** A karma whose arising causes the body of the jīva to become smooth like ghee.
**Sparaka:** A group of vargaṇās is called a sparaka.
**Sparśa Nāmakarma:** A karma whose arising causes the touch of the body to be rough, soft, smooth, dry, etc.
**Sparśanendriya Vyāñjāmāvagṛha:** The extremely subtle knowledge that arises through the touch sense.