The Doctrine of the Jainas, Described after the Old Sources c11.12

c11.12

The texts frequently refer to posthumous retaliation for defects of character. In Ṭhāṇ. 274a we seem to be concerned with such of a monk, since *avaddhamsa* "apostasy" presupposes the prescribed good conduct. After the mental disposition (*bhāvanā*, Sthān.) inderlying it or after the reward to be expected in the future existence the *av.* is called either as *āsura*, *abhiog(iy)a*, *sammoha* or a *deva-kibbis(iy)a*, expressions reflecting the names of lower classes of gods (§ 134). The remarks, however, saying what defects—along with occupations and performances like *nimitt’ājivaya*, *bhūi-kamma*, *kouya-karaṇa*—will result in what forms of existence generally refer to the *jīva* and not exclusively to the monk. Acc. to Viy. 49a the reward in the shape of either a higher or lower heavenly existence is listed in a sequence strangely composed of spiritual and temporal conceptions and placing next to those of a more or less disciplined character (samjama, § 177) the asannī, tāvasa, kandappiya, caraga-parivvāya-yaga, kibbisiya, tericchiya, ājīviya, and ābhiogiya.