Book Title: Jaina Philosophy
Author(s): Mohanlal Mehta
Publisher: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan

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________________ 202 JAINA PHILOSOPHY : AN INTRODUCTION Bandha, Udaya, Udīraņā and Sattā : Taking into consideration the existence in potentia (sattā), all the sub-species can exist in a soul. So far as their realisation (udaya) is concerned, the entire number amounts only to 122. If the bondage (bandha) of new sub-species is taken into consideration, the total number is assumed to be 120. If the premature realisation (udīranā) is considered, the entire number amounts to 122 as in realisation. The following table will indicate the number of the sub-species existing in different states : Bandha | Udaya Udīraņā | Sattā Knowledge-obscuring Intuition-obscuring Feeling-producing Deluding Age-determining Physique-making Heredity-determining Power-hindering antöan ungan nou Total 120 122 122 158 In sattā all the prakstis exist. In udaya the number is only 122, because the fifteen bindings and the five sanghātanas are not included as they are then thought to exist implicitly in the five bodies. The colours, odours, tastes and touches are only reckoned as four instead of twenty. In udiraņā also the same sub-species are counted. In bandha the number is 120, since the two mohanīya karmas, viz., samyaktva and miśra 1.Karma-vipāka, p. 111. Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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