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General definition (in Jainism)

Source: Encyclopedia of Jainism: Tattvartha Sutra 8: Bondage of karmas

Bhogāntarāya (भोगान्तराय, “enjoymen”) or simply Bhoga refers to “gain obstructing karmas” and represents one of the dive types of Antarāya (obstructing karmas), representing one of the eight types of Prakṛti-bandha (species bondage): one of the four kinds of bondage (bandha) according to the 2nd-century Tattvārthasūtra chapter 8.—What is meant by enjoyment obstructing (bhogāntrāya) karmas? The rise of which obstructs enjoying consumption of worldly items even though one is fit to enjoy (consumable items) is called enjoyment obstructing karmas. What is meant by bhoga and upabhoga? Objects which are unusable or consumed after their enjoyment once are called bhoga (e.g. earned money, food items, oil etc). Objects which can be enjoyed again and again are called upabhoga (e.g. dwellings, clothes, ornaments etc).

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Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, ‘self-reliance’) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.

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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Bhōgāṃtarāya (ಭೋಗಾಂತರಾಯ):—[noun] (jain.) the obstacle in the way of enjoying the pleasures in one’s life.

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Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

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Partial matches: Bhoga, Antaraya.

Ends with: Upabhogantaraya.

Full-text: Upabhogantaraya, Antaraya, Bhoga.

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Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary) (by Vijay K. Jain)

Verse 8.13 - The five kinds of obstructive karma (antarāya) < [Chapter 8 - Bondage of Karmas]

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Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)

Tattva 4: Pāpa (sin) < [Appendix 1.4: The nine tattvas]

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A study of the philosophy of Jainism (by Deepa Baruah)

Chapter V.c - Prabhācandra’s refutation of Bauddha and Sāṃkhya view of Karman < [Chapter V - Bondage and Liberation]

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