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(ii) blue breed ( wilrbhajan pariatin ) includes the monks who live as though with a thorn in the side, and all others who protess the deed and doing so ( bhikku kantakaunttika ye
pana abcps keci kammavada kiriyadada ).
fiii) the third is the red breed ( lohitabhijati paffalda ), the category to which Niganthas belong:
(iv) the fourth is yellow breed (haliddabhijati) which includes the white-robed householders and followers of the Aji. vikas;
(v) the fifth is the white breed (sukkabhijas), which includes the Asīvikas.
(vi) the last is the purest white ( paramasukkabhijan ) is which Purana kassana is included.
The Buddha hears of this division from Ananda to whom later on he declares the six breeds according to his owa conception. These six divisions are mainly divided into two divisions, black and white. This division is based on the good and bad karmas of man. The Jainas also have about the same division into six categories, but they are not mentioned in Pali literature. The Jainas have the particular word Lesya for such division.
The Leiyas are different stages of soul influenced by different karmas and activities of mind. They are classified into six main types, viz. krsna (black), mila (blue), kapota (grey), sita (yellow), podma (pink) and smaldez (white). These are nothing but the states of beings based on their activities of mind. The kyma is the worst lesya of the first three and the bita is the least pure of the latter three Lesyas. According to another division, these six divisions are classified into two divisions, drapyalaya and bhavaleéya. This is similar to the classification made by the Buddha and the Yogadastra:** Slace the Conception of lasyas is not mentioned to the Pt Canon. ve can say that it may have originated later in Jainology as an Imitation d Šramana traditions.
