In Jain Dharma, “Ashta‑karma” means the eight fundamental types of karma that bind the soul. They are grouped as:

Ghātiyā (destructive to the soul’s innate qualities)

• Jñānāvaraṇīya: obscures right knowledge.
• Darśanāvaraṇīya: obscures right perception/intuition.
• Mohanīya: deludes the soul (causes attachment, aversion, and wrong conduct).
• Antarāya: obstructs the soul’s energy from doing good (e.g., giving, gaining, enjoying).

Aghātiyā (non‑destructive to innate qualities; they shape worldly experience)

• Nāma: determines body, form, and many physical attributes.
• Gotra: determines high/low status or family circumstances.
• Āyuḥ: determines lifespan in a particular realm of existence.
• Vedanīya: produces pleasure and pain feelings.

Essential points

• All Jain traditions accept these same eight; minor differences may appear in sub‑types and ordering, but the core meanings are the same in both Śvetāmbara and Digambara traditions.
• On attaining kevala‑jñāna, the four ghātiyā karmas are destroyed; at final liberation (mokṣa), the four aghātiyā karmas are shed.