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Reals in the Jaina Metaphysics
(or yellow), (9) Padma (or Lotus-coloured) and (10) Sukla (or white); four Kaṣāya's (or passions) viz: (11) Krodha or anger, (12) Māna or conceit, (13) Māyā or deceit and (14) Lobha or greed; three Veda's or sexual feelings viz: (15) Strīveda or feelings peculiar to a female, (16) Purușa-veda or feelings peculiar to a male person and (17) Napunsakaveda or feelings peculiar to an eunuch; (18) Mithyätva or wrong Belief, (19) Ajñāna or Ignorance, (20) Asiddhi or Imperfection and (21) Asamyama or non-restraint. When there is an influx of the Karma, named Gati, the Jiva gets one of the status e.g. Deva etc. Kaṣāya Karma is included in the class of Çaritra Moha or conduct-deluding Karma; at the influx of the Kaṣāya Karma, the four Kaṣāya's or passions are generated in the soul. Veda Karma also is included within the Çaritra Moha. The influx of the Veda Karma accounts for the three kinds of the sexual feelings, found in a soul. Mithyātva or false faith is due to the influx of the Mithyatva Karma included in the Darśana Moha or Faith-deluding Karma. Ajñāna (Audayika)' is want of knowledge. This is generated in the soul by the rise of Jñānāvaraṇīya or knowledge-obscuring Karma. Asamyama (Audayika) is the wrong inclination which is found in the soul, due to the rise of the Kaṣāya or passions. Perfection is impossible, if there is even the slightest taint of Karma in the soul; hence it goes without saying that Asiddhi or Imperfection must be attached to the soul, as long as there is influx of Karma into it. Leśya or Paint has been defined as "that condition which is due to the psychical Torpor (Yoga) tinged with Passions (Kaṣāya)". It has already been said that the Passions viz:-Anger, Greed etc. arise in the soul when the Kaṣāya Karma flows into it. "Yoga' is a sort of Torpor, generated in the soul when the Sarira, the Nirmāņa etc. (i.e. the Body-making etc.) Karma's flow into it. Leśya or Paint is that condition of the soul which is accounted for by the Passion (Kaṣāya) and the Torpor
This is different from Kṣāyopaśamika Ajñāna which means false knowledge.
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