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Name of the
stage,
Number of
ghatiya kurmas of class (a).
Number of those out of column 3 which are destroyed
in passing to the next stage.
Resulting
gain.
(a) Ghatiya karmas
class still left to be destroyed. of
Remarks.
greed of the observance of malignant the vows of a type].
saint.
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Parmattavis rata.
the observance of the qualified vows of a house. holder. The ka shayas of the malignant type being destroyed, the aspirant steps into asceticism in the next stage. The liability to be re-born among animals is counter-indicated at this point. The name of this stage indicates “vows tinged with carelessness." This is the condition of munis whose souls have reached this stage. The energies of class (6) of ghâtiya karmas destroyed here are only minor forces of the darsanavarniya group, namely, heavy slumber, somonambulism and a kind of intense drowsiness.
Three of the energies of the ghatiya karmas of class (b) are destroyed here, in consequence of the life of purity led by the saint.
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