Agam 15 Upang 04 Pragnapana Sutra Part 02

SR No.: 001064
Original Sutra Author: Shyamacharya
Author: Punyavijay, Dalsukh Malvania, Amrutlal Bhojak
Publisher: Mahavir Jain Vidyalay
Publication Year: 1971
Total Pages: 934
Language: Prakrit
Classification: Book_Devnagari, Agam, Canon, Metaphysics, & agam_pragyapana
File Size: 16 MB

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dravyartha and pradeśartha are included in dravya, that of avagāhanā in kṣetra, that of sthiti in kala, and those of varna etc. and jñāna etc. in bhava.6
On this same line the discussion about Dandaka is conducted (441-454). As we have already seen, when taken into consideration avagahana and sthiti as also varna etc. and jñāna etc. one jiva is inferior or superior to another. So, again all the 24 daṇḍakas (classes of living beings) each having either minimum or maximum or intervening avagahanã are described. In similar manner the modes of each of 24 dandakas are discussed from the standpoints of sthiti, jñāna and darśana one by one and they are proved to be ananta in each case (Su. 455-499). Having finished the discussion on the modes of living substance the topic of the modes of nonliving substances is taken up for discussion.
Numbers of the Living Beings Contained in Different Classes and Numbers of the Modes of the Living Beings
Classes of Living beings
Jiva
1. Nāraka
2. Asura
3. Nāga
4. Suparna
5. Vidyutkumāra
6. Agnikumāra
7. Dipakumara
8. Udadhikumāra
9. Dik-kumara
10. Vayukumāra 11. Stanitakumāra
No. of Living beings contained in the classes
Ananta (439) Asamkhya (439)
11
33
23
93
27
33
33
22
33
33
35
3
33
25
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No. of modes of the Living beings contained in
the classes
Ananta
35
29
".
33
33
23
33
33
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33
33
(440)8
(441) (442)
23
27
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33
6. Ibid, folio 182 A.
7. In su. 439 we are told that the paryayas (dravyas or divisions) of the Jiva class are ananta and thereafter in su. 440 those different divisions are taken up one by one and we are again told that the paryayas (modes) of this or that division are ananta. From this it follows that the paryayas (modes) of the entire jiva class are ananta.
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8. In su. 439 we are told that the paryayas of the class of infernal beings are asamkhya whereas in su. 440 we are told that they are ananta. This means that su. 439 gives the number of members (paryayas) of the class of infernal beings whereas sū. 440 gives the number of the modes (paryaya) of living beings contained in the entire class of infernal beings.