gantha
'ties'. "There are 4 ties:
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the bodily tie (kāyagantha)
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of covetousness (abhijjhā),
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of ill-will (vyāpāda),
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of clinging to rule and ritual (sīlabbata-parāmāsa),
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of dogmatical fanaticism (idamsaccābhinivesa)" (D.33). -
"These things are ties, since they tie this mental and material body" (Vis.M. XXII, 54).
