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परमसमाधि अधिकार
9 - THE SUPREME MEDITATION
or nokaşāya) is used in the sense of 'little' or 'slight'. The quasipassions (akasāya) are nine. The rise of which causes laughter is hāsya. The rise of which causes attraction for certain objects is rati. The rise of which causes repulsion for certain objects is arati. The rise of which causes grief or sorrow is soka. The rise of which causes fear is bhaya. The rise of which causes covering of the faults in the self and unearthing of the faults in others is jugupsā. The rise of which causes disposition typical of a woman is strīveda. The rise of which causes disposition typical of a man is puńveda. The rise of which causes disposition typical of the neuter gender is napumsakaveda.1
1 - see Acārya Umāsvāmi's Tattvārthasūtra – With Explanation in English from Acārya Pujyapāda's Sarvārthasiddhi, sūtra 8-9, p. 319-323.
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