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Authors: John Bowker
(i)
mithy
tva
, having wrong belief;
(ii)
s
adana
, tending to right belief, but prone to backsliding;
(iii)
mi
ra
, having a mixture of right and wrong belief;
(iv)
avirata sa
yaktva
, having right belief but not acting upon it with a commitment through vows;
(v)
de
a-vrata
, taking some vows;
(vi)
pramatta-vrata
, taking all vows but impeded, e.g. by illness, from keeping them;
(vii)
apramatta-vrata
, unimpeded vow-keeping;
(viii)
ap
rva-kara
a
, new thought activity begins;
(ix)
nirv
tti-kara
a
, is extended;
(x)
s
k
ama-s
mpary
ya