Book Title: Encyclopaedia Of Jainism
Author(s): P C Nahar, K C Ghosh
Publisher: Satguru Publications

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________________ rough; feeling pity for the Impoverished; all these four make one acquire the forty-two kinds of Punnya, where as roudra dhyan, arta dhyan, the five kinds of mithyatva (subreption), sixteen kashayas, five kinds of desires, all lead a jiva to acquire eighty two kinds of Papa. The wise and the aspirant to freedom must know all these and reflect on the degrading tendencies they are inherent with, to work havoc on the jiva through the influx; and so a jiva should guard himself and conduct himself accordingly. (8) Samvara Bhavand-Samvara is the stopping of the influx. This samvara is of two kinds-relative and absolute. Relative samvara means the partial stoppage of the influx, while Absolute samvara means the complete stoppage of the influx. This latter kind of sam. vara is only possible with the ayogi kevalins. The relative samvara 572

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