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AN EPITOME OF JAINISM. actions. The five prohibitions which go by the name of the five great vows (pancha mohavratas) are, (i) not to kill life (pråndtipât viraman vrata); (ii) not to tell lies (mrishåvađa viraman vrata); (iii) not to steal and the like (adattådan viraman vrata); (iv) not to be covetous (parigraha viraman vrata); (v) not to indulge in sexual congress (maithuna viraman vrata). These are the five great prohibitions which are enjoined on the jiva to observe for avoidance of influx of karma matter into the soul ; because so vicious, relentless and keen is the law of karma to flow into soul that the moment an inlet is created by the jiva through a single and simple act of omission in the observance of these vows, the influx of karma-matter will at once take place ?
Next in order are the kriyas (works or actions) which are five and twenty kinds through which karma also flows into the soul. These kriyas are, (1) Kayiki kriya-means the bodily move
ments through the carelessness of which an evil karma may flow into the soul.
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