Upabhogantaraya, Upabhogāntarāya, Upabhoga-antaraya: 1 definition
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Source: Encyclopedia of Jainism: Tattvartha Sutra 8: Bondage of karmasUpabhogāntarāya (उपभोगान्तराय) or simply Upabhoga 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 repeated enjoyment obstructing (upabhogāntrāya) karmas? The rise of which obstructs repeated enjoyment of life even though one is fit to enjoy (items consumable more than once) are called repeated enjoyment obstructing karmas. What is meant by bhoga-antarāya and upabhoga-antarāya? 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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Tattvartha Sutra (with commentary) (by Vijay K. Jain)
Verse 8.13 - The five kinds of obstructive karma (antarāya) < [Chapter 8 - Bondage of Karmas]
Trishashti Shalaka Purusha Caritra (by Helen M. Johnson)
Tattva 4: Pāpa (sin) < [Appendix 1.4: The nine tattvas]
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]