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Q. VIII.7.6 A.VIII.7.6
What is meant by sleep? To sleep induced by pride, sorrow or hard efforts is called sleep.
Q.VIII.7.7 A. VIII.7.7
What is meant by obscuring perception due to sleep? Perception obscured by the general sleep induced by the rise of perception obscuring karmas is obscuring perception due to sleep.
Q.VIII.7.8 A.VIII.7.8
What is meant by sleep-sleep? Deep sleep which makes it hard to open the eyes is called sleep-sleep.
Q.VIII.7.9 A. VIII.7.9
What is meant by obscuring perception due to sleep-sleep? Perception obscured by the deep sleep induced by the rise of perception obscuring karmas is obscuring perception due to sleepsleep.
Q. VIII.7.10 A. VIII.7.10
What is meant by drowsiness karmas? The karmas which cause semi sleep-awake disposition are called perception obscuring due to drowsiness karmas.
Q. VIII.7.11 A. VIII.7.11
What is meant by heavy drowsiness karmas? The karmas the rise of which cause movement of head, body etc and discharge of saliva from the mouth while drowsy (i.e. sleeping even in sitting posture) are called heavy drowsiness inducing karmas.
Q. VIII.7.12 A.VIII.7.12
What is meant by somnambulism (sleep walking)? It means to perform activities while asleep without knowing even after being awake from the sleep.
Q.VIII.7.13
A. VIII.7.13
Perception is of four types. Why nine types of perception obscuring karmas are mentioned here? It is true that perception is of four types only. But we have perception first and then knowledge manifestation. The remaining five i.e. sleep etc do not let one perceive and hence do not let manifestation of knowledge take place. Therefore these five types of sleep have been included here also.
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I nl }ss VIII.8 Sadasadvedye
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I nos (1 krkonuh; ) vkg vl nos (v krkonuh; -; s nks onuh; del gå The two karmas which cause pleasant feeling and unpleasant feeling respectively are the two subtypes of feeling-producing karmas.
Q. VIII.8.1 A.VIII.8.1
What are the two types of feeling-producing karmas? These are pleasant feeling and unpleasant feeling karmas.
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