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GROUP 6. 5 Sanghatana nama karmas, namely :
33. Audarika ganghatana nāma karma, by reason of the activity of which you rake in as it were from the outside or rake together the matter for the physical body. Literally it means collecting', or bringing together'. That which collects materials from outside to form the eye etc.; this karma works outside and brings things together into heaps as it were.
34. Vaikriya sanghatana nāma karma, same as the previous, only for the vaikriya or subtle body.
35. Ahāraka sanghatana na ma karma, for the āhāraka body
36. Taijasa, the same as the previous for the taijasa body.
37. Kāimana sanghatana nāma karma, for the kārmana body.
GROUP 7. 6 Samhanana nāma karmas, namely :
38. The function of this karına is to join the bones together, and this particular karma gives a peculiarly strong joint, It is the highest form of joint. The ends of the bones are hooked into each other, there is a sort of bolt or pin through the hook, and the whole joint is covered with an envelope of tissue. It is called Vajra-rishabha-nārāch-asambanana nāma karma. „Vajsa means the 'pin'.
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