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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white leśyā can have all the possible supernatural powers (1191). At the end the section takes up four gatis one by one in each case showing the relative numerical strength of the supernatural powers possessed by its living beings having this or that type of leśyā (1192-97).
The last sūtra runs as follows: "keibhanamti -- cauvisadamdaenam iddhi bhāniyavvā” (1198). This sūtra records a view that here in the above case we should take up 24 classes instead of 4 gatis; and in each case one should calculate the relative numerical strength of supernatural powers (iddhi) that can possibly be possessed by its beings having this or that type of leśyā. From this it becomes clear that this difference of version pertains to the reading of Prajñāpanā. It also proves that this difference of version might have been present at the time of compilation of Prajñāpanā.
The third section (1199-1217) contains the discussion about the type of lesya which a living being has at the time of its birth and death (1199-1214). Again, we are told that the spatial and temporal range the physical object lying within which is perceived directly by avadhijñāna (clairvoyance) differs according to the difference in leśyā of a cognizer. And we are shown the exact range which is determined by this or that type of leśyā. Moreover, this section yields information regarding the number of jñānas which a living being possessed of this or that type of leśyā can possibly have (1215-17).
The fourth section is devoted to a description of leśyā viewed as a physical substance. It demonstrates as to how a leśyā is converted from this type into that type. Again, it extensively expounds as to what types of colour, flavour, odour and touch a particular type of leśyā can possibly have (1219-1241). All this shows that leśya is nothing but a sort of transformation or modification of matter, which takes place depending on soul.
Sūtra 1242 calculates various modes of leśyā. Then it takes up its types one by one in each case explaining its units (pradeśas) (1243), extent of pervasiveness (avagahanāksetra) (1244), groups of particles (varganā) (1245), resting place or substratum (sthana) (1246) and relative numerical strength (alpabahutva) (1247-49). All these points are explained from the standpoint of its substratum (sthāna) and at the same time keeping in view its substance (dravya) and units (pradeśa).
In the beginning of the fifth section there occurs the repetition of what has already been said in the fourth section regarding the transformation of leśyā. Afterwards it is explained that a lesy, could not be converted from one type into another (1252-55). If P. 23