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THE PRACTICAL DHARMA
treatment of the subject. The following tabular statement will show at a glance at what stage which of the karma prakritis are engendered, rendered inactive and destroyed. If the reader will only bear in mind the fact that a karma prakriti is not necessarily destroyed when it is rendered inactive, he will not find any difficulty in studying the table, though for fuller explanation he will still have to consult such works as the Gommatasāra, which contain a wealth of detailed information on the subject. The figures following the names of the different karma prakritis are designed to facilitate study with reference to their enumeration on pp. 19-27 ante.