Bhagwaan Mahaveer Evam Jain Darshan: Ācārya Dharasena, Ācārya Puṣpadanta and Ācārya Bhūtabali: ‘Ṣaṭkhandāgama’

In ‘Ṣaṭkhandāgama, the path of liberation (freedom from karmic bondage) has been described using the following terminology:

1. udīraṇā-upakram adhikāra (उदीरणा उपक्रम अधिकार)
2. upaśamana-upakrama adhikāra (praśasta / apraśasta) (उपशमन उपक्रम अधिकार (प्रशस्त / अप्रशस्त))
3. viparīta-upakrama adhīkāra (विपरिणाम उपक्रम अधिकार)
4. Mokṣa (मोक्ष)
   
   

1. Udīraṇā-upakram adhikāra (उदीरणा उपक्रम अधिकार):
   under this the fruition of nature, duration, intensity and space is described in detail.
   
   
2. Upaśamana-upakrama adhikāra (praśasta / apraśasta) (उपशमन उपक्रम अधिकार (प्रशस्त / अप्रशस्त))
   under this, on the basis of nature, duration, intensity and space praśasta-upaśamana and apraśasta- upaśamana is described.
   
   
3. Viparīta-upakrama adhīkāra (विपरिणाम उपक्रम अधिकार)
   under this, the dissociation of karma (nature, duration, intensity and space points) have been described from two view points

   1. partial dissociation (deśa- nirjarā)
   2. complete dissociation (sakala-nirjarā).
      
      
4. Mokṣa (मोक्ष) -
   under this, through partial dissociation and complete dissociation - the infection of other’s-nature (par-prakṛṭi-saṅkramaṇa), up-traction(utkarṣaṇ), attenuation (apkarṣaṇa) and stabilization (sthiti) which respectively cause nature-bondage, duration-bondage, intensity-bondage, space-point-bondage - all these bondages are dissociated from the soul, have been described. This is the emancipation.

(Dr. Hira Lal Jain: Ṣaṭkhandāgama kī shāstriya bhūmikā, P. 181,
Edited by Dr. Dharma Chand Jain,
Prachya Sharman Bharti, Mujaffar Nagar (2000))