Book Title: Kummaputta Chariam
Author(s): K V Abhyankar
Publisher: K V Abhyankar

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________________ Notes St. 177-182 ] This makes him firmly established in the Faith. These 28 petencies are something like emotions which blur the Faith and Charitra. Anger, pride, deceit and greed are emphatically denounced as the four Kashayas or bad emotions which it is essential to destroy before any spiritual progress can be made. They are further divided into four varieties each, according to their intensity. The most intense and the worst in effects are called अनन्तानुबFremarquen arts which bring about the transmigration of the soul. Next to these are the four अप्रत्याख्यान and the four प्रत्याख्यान Kashayas coming in the way of the practice of the Five Vratas. Lastly, there are the four directa Kashayas which appear occasionally and are shortlived. In addition to these 16 Kashayas, there are 9 more emotions, TET (mirth), tra (likes), अरति (dislikes),शोक(grief),भय(fear),जुगुप्सा (disgust), eta e(passion in the mind of the female for the male), gogas (passion in the mind of the male), and aj (passion for embrace in both). All the 16 Kashayas and the 9 emotions come in the way of Right Conduct and hence they are called चारित्रमोहनीयकर्मs. To these are to be added the three दर्शनमोहनीयकर्मs (1) मिच्छ or मिथ्यात्वमोहनीय which keeps a man away from the Faith, (2) FAIT which brings

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