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exist on this subject. Besides, thousands of life sketches and other episodes in the Jain literature give a very vivid idea of the power of Karmas. Let those desirous of knowing this read them, think over and gird up their loins to destroy the Karmas. This is our only hope.
Eight Karmas Karmas can be divided into eight fundamental divisions, 158 subsidiary divisions and thus even into innumerable sub-divisions by and by. (1) Jnanavaraneeya Karma : Overshadow's the
soul's attribute of knowledge. (2) Darshanavaraneeya Karma : restrains the
soul's faculty of perc=ption. (3) Vedaneeya Karma: Imparts unhappiness or
misery. (4) Mohaneeya Karma ; hinders the inherent
nature of the soul. Ayushya Karma : Keaps one in bondage of lour forms of existence. Nama Karma : gives the soul a distinguishing form of existence, determines its classes. Gotra Karma: imparts a high or low status
in life. (8) Antaraya Karma : Creates hindrances in the
ways of Atma's giving of gifts or achieving of things, in its abilities and in its faculties. of use and enjoyment.
