One of the 4 Ghati karma.It is a type of karma, the rise of which is responsible for obscuring the quality of intuition (perception of the generic attribute of the substance); unless the soul annihilates it completely, it cannot attain kevaladarśana.
It has nine subtypes
1
that which veils caksudarśana
intuition through the sense-organ of vision
2
that which veils acaksudarśana
intuition through the sense-organs other than eyes
3
that which veils avadhidarśana
intuition of the clairvoyant person
4
that which veils kevaladarśana
intuition of the omniscient person
5
pitting normal sleep
nidrā
6
getting abnormal sleep
nidrā-nidrā
7
getting sleep even while standing
pracalā
8
getting sleep even while walking i.e., somnambulism
praclā-pracalā
9
indulging in gross violence even during somnambulism
styanarddhinidrā
Intuition-veiling Karma