The Doctrine of the Jainas, Described after the Old Sources c8.193.4

c8.193.4

The Karman of the personality or the individuality, at the long last, is built up by very different components which amount to a total of 42 in number. They are physical in both a narrower and wider sense as far as, within one class of beings, they contain: shape of the body, structure and functions of the body as breathing, radiation (āyava and ujjoya) and locomotion (vihāya-gai), and influence on the senses (feeling, smell, taste, and colour). Added to this there are the organic causes of death (uvaghāya) and the destination of the new form of existence (ānupuvvī). With individuality there also goes the power of acting upon others: superiority (par’āghāya), the presence or absence of the faculty to influence people, honour and disgrace, pleasant and unpleasant impressions. The end is made up of the state of accomplishment achieved by a Titthagara. In comparison with this variety the general activity of the individual Karman is merely distinguished as either being a favourable or an unfavourable one. Each of both these distinctions lists 14 cases based on concrete qualities of the Karman bearer, his reputation and his deeds.