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THE SCIENTIFIC FOUNDATIONS OF JAINISM
Karmic Density
Purification Level
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PVNr.
DSP
AC
Karmic Agent
Fig. 7.3
Reduction in the karmic density and increase in the purification level; Perverted Views (PV), Non-restraint (=Nr), Carelessness (EC), Anger (=A), Pride (=P), Deceit (=D), Greed (=G), Subsidiary Passions (ESP) and Activities (Ac). The intercept of the line y = Constant, with the shaded figures represents the corresponding karmic density of the agents, when the base lengths at y = I are 7, 4, 4, ... 4, and 1 for PV, Nr, A..., G and Ac, respectively.
and Activities (Ac) are 7, 4,...,...4 and 1 units respectively. To find the karmic density at stage 5, we note that the line y = 5 does not intercept the triangle for PV so that the karmic density for PV is zero whereas at BB', the intercept at the trapezium is 12 the 'base' length of 4 so that the karmic density for Nr is 2. These are as in Table 7.4, but for G the intercept is not the half-length of the base of the corresponding trapezium as required in Table 7.4, but has karmic density slightly more than 2. Thus it is a continuous version of the 'step function' in Table 7.4.
Note that the life units 10, 102, 103, 105, 1010, 10100 of Chapter 3 correspond roughly to these karmic density units of 36, 24, 8, 5, 3, and 0.01 respectively.
