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OUTLINES OF KARMA IN JAINISM
Age-Determining Karma
It confers on a being a certain quantum of life in any one of the states of existence. The following are the four sub-species of ayus karma :
1. Deva-agus-It determines the celestial age 2. Manusya-ayus-The human age is determined by it 3. Tiryag-ayus-This determines the age of animal life. 4 Naraka-ayus-The age of hellish being is determined by it.
Personality-Determining Karma
It causes the individual diversities of souls. It is known as nama karma. The number of its sub-species 18 103 These sub-species are mostly quoted in a fixed succession in four groups pinda-prakrtis, pratyeka-prakstis, trasa-dasaka and sthavaradasaka. The names of the causes of the sub-species are according to the names of the sub-species.
(a) Pinda-prakttis-There are seventy-five sub-species in this group 4. States of Existence-Celestial state of existence, human state of caistence, animal
state of existence, and bellish state of existence 5 Classes of Beings~-A being with one sense, two senses, three senses, four senses,
and five senses 5. Bodies--Physical body of animals (including vegetable kingdoni) and human
beings, transformable body of fine matter, projectable body of purc matter,
electric boby, and karmic body. 3. Chief and Secondary parts of Bodies The chief and secondary parts of the physical
body, of the transformable body, and of the projectable body The electric
body and the karmic body have no parts. 15. Bindings :
1. The binding of physical boby with previous physical body 2. The binding of physical body with electric body 3. The binding of physical body with karmic body 4. The binding of physical body with electric and karmic bodics 5 The binding of transformable body with previous transformabic body. 6. The binding of transformable body with electric body 7. The hinding of transformable body with karmic body
8 The binding of transformable body with clectric and karmic bodies 1. Doctrine of Karma to Jain Philosophy, p 11
