Terms and definitions

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Audayikaऔदयिक

State arising from the rise (operation) of karma.

Twenty-one kinds, including the four gatis, four kaṣāyas, three vedas and six leśyās. This is the state in which most worldly experience occurs.

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Leśyāलेश्या

Thought-tint — the colouring of the soul by passion.

Six: black, blue, grey, yellow, pink (lotus) and white, from most to least impure. Illustrated by the parable of six travellers and a fruit tree.

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