Account of Jainism

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Jainism.
kriti; that which gives name is the Nam; that which causes the differences like the lower and the higher is the Gotra prakriti and that which comes in the way of our charity, enjoyment etc, is the Antaraya prakriti. The secondary prakritis, here ommitted for brevity, should be referred to in the VIII th. Chap. of the commentary of the TATVARTA SUTRA. The staying of these bandhas of the prakritis for a definite period, is the Sthiti Bandh. The Anubhag Bandh is the undergoing of the resuIts of the Karmas in that period. The detailed association of the numberless spaces of the Karmas according to their names, with all the space of the soul, is called the Pradesh Bandh.
The Vedant speaks of the bandage of Karma as being Sanchit, Karyamân and Prarabdh. In Modes of the same way Jainism divides it into the Karman Satta, Bandha and Udaya. The first means the previous bandage which is yet to be exhausted; Bandh is the new acquision of Karm and Udaya is the beginning of the work