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Jaina Karmology
123 39. The physique-making karmic species of non-reputation and non-renown has a function just the reverse of the above karma. It results in proclaimation of demeritorious deeds or demerit of the persons. 40. The physique-making karma of ford-builderness or Tirthakaratva is defined as that whose realisation results in the status of the Enlightened-ness (Arhatva) which has un-imaginably specific magnificience. (The ford-builders are also called Jinas). 41.Q. The karmic species of 'chief disciple-ship’ etc. should also be mentioned here like the karma of ford-builderness as the chief disciples, Baldevas, Vasudevas and Cakradharas also possess specific prodigies. A. This is not necessary. These positions are the result of different karmic species. The chief-discipleship is the result of excellent destruction-cum-subsidence of vocable knowledge-obscuring karma. The position of Cakradhara etc. are the results of high status determining karma. 42.Q. If the Cakradharas etc. are the results of the high status karma, the status of the ford-builder may also be due to this karma only. There is, thus, no use for the specific karmic species of this name. A. This is not correct. The karmic species of ford-builderness results in establishing or restoring the religious path-a bridge to cross over the ocean of the worry-ful world. This bridging is the result of the karma of ford-builderness and not of high status. The Cakradharas etc. do not have this capacity. Q. Why there is no single sentencing in the aphorism 8.11 from the end of the term 'space-movement' and 'individual body' etc. ? 43.A. The karmic sub-species beginning from 'destinity' and ending in 'space-movement do not have their opposites. In contrast, the 'individual body' etc. are qualified with their opposites in the aphorism. Thus, both the groups are different from each other. Their single sentencing has , therefore, not been done here.
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Why there is separate mention of the species of ford-builderness
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44-45.A. The karmic species of 'ford-builderness' is the most pre-eminent of all the auspicious karmas. Secondly, it is the last of the attainments observed to be there. It is realised only by the ultimate
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