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KARMA
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Age-determining Karma :
It confers on a being a certain quantum of life in any one of the four states of existence. The following are the four subspecies of the ayus karma :
1. Deva-āyus - It determines the celestial age. 2. Manusya-āyus - The human age is determined by it. 3. Tiryag-ayus - It determines the age of animal life.
4. Naraka-āyus - The age of hellish beings is determined by it. Physique-making Karma :
It causes physical diversities. It is known as nāma karma. The number of its sub-species is 103. These sub-species are mostly quoted in a fixed succession in four groups : pindaprakstis, pratyeka-prakstis, trasa-dasaka and sthāvaradaśaka.' The names of the causes of these sub-species are according to the names of the sub-species.
(a) Piņda-prakṣtis - There are seventy-five sub-species in this group : 4 States of Existence - Celestial state of existence, human state
of existence, animal state of existence and hellish state
of existence. 5 Classes of Beings - Beings with one sense, two senses, three
senses, four senses and five senses.. 5 Bodies - Gross body of animals (including vegetable
kingdom) and human beings, transformable body of fine matter, projectable body of pure matter, electric body
and karmic body. 3 Chief and Secondary Parts of Bodies - Chief and secondary
parts of gross body, of transformable body and of projectable body. Electric body and karmic body have no parts.
1.Doctrine of Karman in Jain Philosophy, p. 11.
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