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Ser Type Of Karma Maximum
Minimum No. Duration
Duration 1 Iñānāvaranīya 30 Kotākoti Sāgaropama Antarmuhurta 2 Darśanāvaranīya 30 Kotākoti Sāgaropama Antarmuhurta 3 Vedanīya 30 Kotākoti Sāgaropama 12 Muhurta 4 Mohanīya 70 Kotākoti Sāgaropama Antarmuhurta 5 Āyu
33 Kotākoti Sāgaropama Antarmuhurta 6 Nama
20 Kotākoti Sāgaropama & Muhurta 7 Gotra
20 Kotākoti Sāgaropama 8 Muhurta 8 Antarāya 30 Kotākoti Sāgaropama Antarmuhurta
Notes : 1. A period of 48 minutes is known as a 'Muhurtaʼless than
that is an 'Antarmuhurta'.
Sāgaropama (Ocean measure) is an immeasurably long period of time that is 1015 times the pit measure (Palyopama) estimated as the time taken to empty a large pit nearly eight miles cube and filled with smallest possible pieces of fine hair from which one piece is taken out after
a lapse of 100 years. 3. Kotākoti equals 1014. Various Stages Of Karma –
The description of various stages - such as bonding, fruition, transformation, existence, destruction etc - of karma-matter associated with the soul is available in the Jaina Karma Theory. Various stages of karma are - 1. Bonding (bandhan), 2. Existence (Sattā), 3. Fruition (Udaya), 4. Premature fruition (Udīraņā), 5. Augmentation (Udvartanā), 6. Reduction (Apavartanā), 7. Transformation (Sarikramaņa), 8. Suppression (Upaśaman), 9. Unchangeability except augmentation and reduction (Nidhatti), 10. Absolute unchangeability (Nikācan), 11. Gestation (Abādhākāla), and 12. Separation (Nirjarā). 196 : JAINISM: THE CREED FOR ALL TIMES
