First Principal of the Jaina Philosophy

Author(s): Hirachand Liladhar Zaveri
Publisher: Jaina Vividh Sahitya Shastramala

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THE FIRST PRINCIPLES OF
ence to the quality of the karma. In the same way that a thing may have the quality of being sweet or bitter, etc., so the qualities of the karmas, or forces produced by the soul's assimilating matter to itself, are that they obscure knowledge, etc. There are eight of those qualities which are primary qualities (mulaprakriti) of those foreign forces or karmas
1. The quality of obscuring true knowledge, as a cloud does the sun (jnanavaraniya-prakriti);
2. The quality of obscuring undifferentiated knowledge (darsanavaraniya-prakriti);
3. The quality or nature of obscuring the blissful nature of the soul, resulting in the delusion of pleasure and pain (vedaniya-prakriti);
4. The quality of making the mind suspicious of, or disliking, the truth, and the quality of creating passions, anger, greed, etc. (mohaniya-prakriti);
5. The quality of producing rebirths (ayushprakriti);
6. The quality of producing specific appellations (nama-prakriti);
7. The quality of caking the living being to high or to low family surroundings (gotr.a-prakriti);
8. The quality of putting obstacles in the way of