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The word Ghatin implies injury and the word Aghatin absence of injury. Ghāti Karmas are of four kinds. Of these four kinds three retard the unfoldment of the threefold psychical possibilities of the soul and are named Darśanāvaraṇīya, Jñānāvaraṇīya and Mohaniya. The Mohaniya Karma disturbs the psychical equanimity resulting in the delusion of the mind, want of right intuition and knowledge. I he fourth class of Ghati Karma is called Antaraya. This is injurious to the progress of the Atma in the direction of its unfolding of its infinite possibilities.
The Aghatin Karmans are also of four kinds-These may be named and described as below
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A. Ayu or that which determines the term of man's physical
existence.
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Name that which determines the colour and of the physical organism of the soul
C. Gotra-That which determines the birth of a particular soul in a certain family and in certain relations. D. Vedaniya-That which produces in the soul sensation of pleasure and pain.
There is a further subdivision of each of these classes
The Darśanavaraṇīya Karma is further divided into nine kinds namely Cakṣu, Acakşu Avadhiya, Kevala, Nidra-vedaniya, Nidrānidrāvedaniya, Pracalavedaniya, Pracalāpracalāvedaniya and styānardhivedaniya. We need not go into details of these varietics.
Jñānāvaraṇīya karma also has its own sub-varieties. Jñāna is of five kinds. These varieties also are five in number namely Mati, Śruta, Avadhî, Manaḥparyāya and Kevala.
The Mohaniya karma also has its own varieties. These are of twenty eight kinds but they fall under one of the two categories according as they effect the vision (darśana) or conduct (căritra). In this way darśanamohaniya and caritramohaniya are two classes of mohaniya karma.
