VIGAI (perversion of taste) ki gana ke do mukhya vyakhya hoti hai:

• Sthananga Sutra ya kuch prachin shastraon me 9 vigai listed hain: doodh (milk), dahi (curd), makkhan/butter, ghī, tel (oil), gur (jaggery), madh (honey), madira (wine/alcohol) aur mans (meat). Inhe vigai mana jata hai jo atma ki yatra ko prabhavit karte hain. Digambar–Shwetambar dono mein is drishtikon ki prachin acceptance hoti hai.
• Ayambil jaise tapas mein ek vyavaharik vyakhya hai jo vigai ko do bade varg me batata hai:

- Laghu Vigai: 6 prakar ke vigai jo sadyan udyam se saath milkar shareer mein ulat-phaire hue vicharon ko uttejit karte hain — ghee, doodh, dahi, tel, jaggery (gur) aur tala-bhujne wale pakwan (pakwan) ya fried items. - Maha Vigai: 4 bade vigai jo adhik hanikarak maane jaate hain — makkhan (butter), madh (honey), maans (meat), madira (alcohol). Is tatva ke mutabik kul 10 vigai ki baat hoti hai (Laghu 6 + Maha 4), lekin asli sankhya ki vyakhya thoda thoddi jagah par alag milti hai. Digambar/Shwetambar paramparaon me vigai ki samjhauta alag-alag vyakhyayon ke roop me mil sakti hai.

Aakhir me, vigai ki mukhya soch yahi hai ki jo aahaar man aur shareer ko prem se prabhavit karta hai, ya jivan ke tirit-sankraman ko badhaata hai, use tyagna chahiye.