Answer

Yes, in traditional Jain karma doctrine, the duration of a kaṣāya-bhāva is one of the indicators used to classify the intensity of passions.

The four degrees of kaṣāya are commonly explained as:

• Anantānubandhī kaṣāya — passion lasting more than one year
• Apratyākhyānāvaraṇa kaṣāya — passion lasting up to one year
• Pratyākhyānāvaraṇa kaṣāya — passion lasting up to four months
• Sañjvalana kaṣāya — passion lasting up to fifteen days

So, if anger, pride, deceit, or greed remains intensely active beyond one year, it is traditionally associated with anantānubandhī kaṣāya.

Important Clarification

However, it should not be understood mechanically as only a calendar calculation.

In Jain Dharma, kaṣāya is judged by:

• its intensity,
• its duration,
• its effect on samyagdarśana,
• and its obstruction to spiritual progress.

Anantānubandhī kaṣāya is especially serious because it is the type of passion that obstructs or destroys right faith and keeps the soul bound to endless worldly wandering.

Traditional Source

This classification is found in the Jain karma doctrine explanation of the four kaṣāyas and their four intensities, especially in traditional commentarial teachings on:

• Tattvārtha Sūtra, Chapter 8, where kaṣāyas are described as causes of bondage.
• Gommaṭasāra Karmakāṇḍa, which gives detailed karma theory including the divisions of mohanīya karma and kaṣāyas.
• Karma-grantha tradition, where the four grades of kaṣāya are explained with practical measures such as duration.

A commonly taught traditional rule is:

• Anantānubandhī: lasting more than one year
• Apratyākhyānī: lasting less than one year
• Pratyākhyānī: lasting less than four months
• Sañjvalana: lasting less than fifteen days

Spiritual Understanding

The deeper point is not merely “how long did I stay angry?” but:

• Did the passion become deeply rooted?
• Did it create hatred, revenge, ego, fraud, or attachment?
• Did it damage humility, forgiveness, and right faith?
• Did it prevent repentance, pratikramaṇa, and spiritual correction?

A passion that remains unresolved for a long time becomes spiritually dangerous because it hardens the soul’s delusion.

Takeaway

If krodh, mān, māyā, or lobh continues beyond one year in a deep and binding form, Jain tradition classifies it as connected with anantānubandhī kaṣāya. But the true classification depends not only on time, but also on intensity and its effect on right faith and conduct.