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upto a number containing 77 cyphers. Beyond that is Asamkhyeya.''S Thus .every Karma has the dution of its stay in the soul. The Sthiti or duration of time is decided on the intensity with which the Karma has been executed by soul. There are two types of duration : short lived (Jaghanya) and long lived (Utkrusta). (3) Intensity (Anubhava or Rasa)
As we have seen that the duration of the Karma depends upon the intensity with which it is done by the soul, the intensity also depends upon the weakness or strength of the passions (Kasayas). Jainism, in accordance with the four types of passions (anger, pride, delusion and greed) recongnizes four degrees of the intensity. “The more sinful a Jiva is, the longer the duration of his Karman, the stronger the effect of his bad Karma, the weaker that of his good Prakritis, whilst with an increased purity, the duration of the bound Karman and the intensity of the bad Prakritis decrease and the Rasa of the good Prakritis grow."55 (4) Quantity (Pradesa)
Quantity or ‘Pradeśa' means the quantity of Karma Vargaņā which differs from one another. “The Jiva assimilates Karman matter which is within his own Pradeśas, not matter lying outside of them, just as fire only seizes inflamable material which is lying within its reach."'56 “The duration of stay of any Karma and its varying intensity are due to the nature of the Kasayas or passions of the soul, whereas the different classification of Karmas as Jñānvaraniya etc. are due to the nature of specific contact of the soul with Karma matter."57 5.2.5. Leśyā
“According to the moral value of their activity and corresponding also to the kind of Karma which they bind the Jivas can be divided into 6 categories. The first is characterized by the possession of the greatest sinfulness, whilst each following one improves, and the last in finally standing in the state of the highest attainable purity. The appertainment to one of these 6 classes shows itself in the soul externally 54. M. L. Mehta : Outlines of Jain Philosophy, 1954, p. 147 55. Dr. Glasenapp : The Doctrine of Karma in Jain Philosophy (1942), p. 24
Karmagrantha II 43. 56. Ibid., p. 25 57. uşafafergaragautara I grau: 72: 1 Celayagit ferragamit aburra:
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