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Instead of ascending, they attain the higher Gunasthanas. The tenth Gunasthanas, belonging to the Kshapaka category, attain the twelfth Gunasthanas by rule, and from there, they attain the subsequent Gunasthanas in order, ultimately achieving Moksha. 35. Question: What is the Upshama category, and which beings attain it? Answer: The category that is traversed to subdue Charitramoha is called the Upshama category. Both the Dvitiyopshama Samyagdarshi and the Kshayika Samyagdarshi can traverse this category. The category begins with the Adhokarana results. Beings in this category attain the Adhokarana, Apurvakarana, Anivrittikarana, and Sukhma-Sampsaya Gunasthanas, at least, and at the end of Sukhma-Samparaya, they completely subdue Charitramoha and then attain the eleventh Upshanta Moha Gunasthanas. From there, they descend in order. The Dvitiyopshama Samyagdarshi beings fall from the eleventh Gunasthanas (20)