Book Title: Jainism Key to Reality
Author(s): Shuganchand Jain
Publisher: Digambar Jain Trilok Shodh Sansthan

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________________ Q.VIII.11.80 What is meant by weakness (asthira) body-making karma? A.VIII.11.80 The rise of which causes weakness (such as major and minor limbs not knit together in a frame) is called weakness body-making karma. Q.VIII.11.81 A.VIII.11.81 Q.VIII.11.82 A.VIII.11.82 Q.VIII. 11.83 A.VIII.11.83 Q.VIII.11.84 A.VIII.11.84 Q.VIII.11.85 A.VIII.11.85 Q.VIII.11.86 A.VIII.11.86 Q.VIII.11.87 A.VIII.11.87 VFk% Meaning: Q.VIII.12.1 A.VIII.12.1 Q.VIII.12.2 A.VIII.12.2 What is the meant by lustrous body (deya) body-making karma? The rise of which causes luster of the body is called lustrous body body-making karma. What is the meant by lusterless body (an deya) body-making karma? The rise of which causes lusterless body is called lusterless body body-making karma. What is meant by glory and fame (ya ah k rt) body-making karma? The rise of which causes glory and fame of the living being is called glory and fame body-making karma. What is meant by demerit (aya ah k rt) body-making karma? The rise of which causes demerit and disgrace of the living being is called demerit and disgrace body-making karma. What is meant by fordmaker (t rthamkara) body-making karma? The rise of which causes the status of an arhat and the founder cum preacher of the creed is called fordmaker body-making karma. If the completion of the breathing organs causes breathing, then why breathing body-making karmas are taken separately? Completion of the breathing organs is the cause and the breathing body-making karma is the effect and so they are related. The luminous body is the cause of luster, then why is lustrous body body-making karma mentioned separately? The luminous body is owned by all living beings but the same luminosity is not seen in all of them. This specific luminosity of individuals is caused by luminous body-making karma. ******** mPp hpsp VIII.12 Uccairn cai ca mPpxks vk uhpxks & ;s nks xks-del ds Hkn gå The high and the low (are the two kinds of status determining karmas). What is meant by status determining (gotra) karma?? The karmas rise of which determines the birth in a particular family (heredity attribute) in the same realm is called status determining karma. How many types of status determining karmas are there? These are of two types, namely high status and low status. 315

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