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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Prajñāpanā
1. Jiva (Animate being)
2. Gati (class of animate beings)
3. Indriya (sense-organ)
4. Kaya (body)
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5. Yoga (activity)
6. Veda (sexual behaviour)
7. Kaşaya (passions)
8. Leśya (mental temperament) 9. Samyaktva (faith)
10. Jñana (determinate cognition)
11. Darśana (indeterminate cognition)
12. Samyata (self-controlled)
13. Upayoga (cognition)
14. Ahära (nourishment)
Satkhaṇḍāgama
1. Gati
2. Indriya
3. Käya
4. Yoga 5. Veda
6. Kaşaya
15. Bhāṣaka (capable of speaking)
16. Paritta (having one body each)
17. Paryāpta (fully developed)
18. Sükṣma (subtle)
19. Sañjñi (possessing higher cognitive capacity) 13. Sañjñī 11. Bhavya
20. Bhava (-Siddhi)
21. Asti (-kaya)
22. Carima (capable of attaining moksa)
10. Lesya
12. Samyaktva
7. Jñana
9. Darsana
8. Samyama
14. Aharaka
Here one point should be made clear. An infernal being can never be born in its next birth as infernal being. Nor a celestial being can ever be born in its next birth as celestial being. Hence there is no difference between their bhavasthiti and kayasthiti. Only in the case of human and sub-human beings there is the possibility of difference between 3bhavasthiti and kayasthiti. As a matter of fact, we should say that there is no possibility of kayasthiti in the case of infernal beings and celestial beings. Readers interested in this point should compare the fourth chapter with the present one.
From among 22 dvaras, the first one is 'jiva'. We are told that jiva exists in all the three divisions of time (1260). This means that it has no beginning and no end; it is neither originated nor will it be destroyed; it is eternal. The commentator has defined jiva as that which possesses prāņas. And he has told us that prānas are of two types, viz. dravya prāṇas (external or physical prāņas) and bhāva prāņas (internal or psychic pranas). Senseorgan, etc. are the instances of dravya-prāņa and knowledge etc.
3. A living being belonging either to the class of sañjñi sub-human beings with five senses or to the class of human beings can at the most have 8 continuous births in the same class. Prajñāpanāṭīkā, folio 376.