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Upashama Samyaktva is defined as samyaktva, which arises when the soul suppresses all genres of perception-obscuring karmas. The soul attains Upashama Samyaktva only five times in the entirety of its eternal existence.
Kshaayika Samyaktva is defined as the samyaktva, which arises when the soul annihilates all genres of perception-obscuring karmas. The soul attains Kshaayika Samyaktva only once in the entirety of its eternal existence because once it is attained, it is never lost.
The unique advantage of this gunasthaana is that if the soul binds his next life while he is in this gunasthaana, he shall certainly attain liberation within a maximum of 15 and a minimum of 3 births.
This gunasthaana accommodates souls with all three types of samyaktva, upashama samyaktva, kshayopashama samyaktva and kshaayika samyaktva.
Once the soul has touched this gunasthaana, it ends its journey of transmigration within half a pudgala paraavartana kaala {the time taken by a soul to take in and use up half the available karmic matter in the universe).
5. Deshavirata Gunasthaanaka:
The acceptance of partial vows and renunciance is known as deshavirati.
The soul reaches this deshavirati gunasthaana by annihilating/suppressing/suppressing-cumannihilating the seven darshana saptaka the seven karmas which affect perception and suppressing-cum-annihilating the four apratyaakhyaanaa varaniiya kashaaya (obstructing partial renunciation, part of charitra mohniiya karma).
• One who has kshaayika samyaktva, annihilates seven types of perception deluding karmas and
part-annihilates-part-suppresses four types of apratyaakhyaanaa varaniiya kashaaya to reach the fifth gunasthaana.
One who has kshaayopashamika samyaktva, part-annihilates-part-suppresses original seven types of perception deluding karmas plus also four types of apratyaakhyaanaa varaniiya to reach the fifth gunasthaana.
One who has upashama samyaktva, suppresses seven types of perception deluding karmas and part-annihilates-part-suppresses four types of apratyaakhyaanaa varaniiya kashaaya to reach the fifth gunasthaana.
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