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Or, the desire that arises in the heart of a living being due to the company of lustful men is called **Maithuna**. 76. Question: What is **Parigraha**? Answer: The thought of acquiring, protecting, and collecting that arises in the heart of a living being due to the stimulation of the **lobha** (greed) **kṣaya** (passion) in the inner being, and due to seeing the objects that are the means of enjoyment in the external world, or due to remembering the previously enjoyed objects or hearing their stories, and due to the **mamatva** (attachment) results, is called **Parigraha**. 77. Which **saṁjñā** (perception) occurs up to which **guṇasthāna** (stage of spiritual development)? Answer: **Āhāra** **saṁjñā** occurs up to the sixth **guṇasthāna**, **bhaya** **saṁjñā** occurs up to the eighth **guṇasthāna**, **maithuna** **saṁjñā** occurs up to the **sāvedha** (conscious) part of the ninth **guṇasthāna**, and **parigraha** **saṁjñā** occurs up to the tenth **guṇasthāna**. The three **saṁjñā**s, **bhaya** etc., which are mentioned in the seventh and subsequent **guṇasthāna**s, are mentioned only with respect to the arising of those particular actions in the inner being, not with respect to their tendency. 78. Question: What is **Mārgaṇā**? Answer: Those in whom or by whom the living beings are sought, are called **Mārgaṇā**.