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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... (383)... CHAPTERS XXIII-XXVII SPECULATION ON KARMA
The fourth and the fifth parts (khandas) of Satkhandägama are known as Vedanakhanda and Varganākhanda. Among the 24 pointsof-investigation (Book IX, sū. 45, p. 134) of the types of karmas the second is called Vedana. And on the basis of this point-ofinvestigation called vedanā the whole fourth part (khanda) is given the title Vedanākhanda. Again, among those 24 points-of-investigation the sixth one is bandhana-dvära. The bandhana-dvāra has four constituents, viz. bandha, bandhaka, bandhantya and bandhavidhāna. That is, bandhana-dvāra contains the explanation of these four sub-points (Book XIV, sű. 1 p. 1). At the occasion of the exposition of bandhaniya from among these four there occurs the treatment of vargana (Book XIV, sū. 68, p. 48). And on the basis of the treatment of varganā the entire fifth part is given the name Varganäkhanda.2 These two parts that are placed after the first three deserve to be recognised as one independent work. This is supported by the fact that like the first part, the fourth one opens with a mangala (benediction). Having pointed out the 24 points-of-investigation of the topic of the types of karmas these two parts expound them one by one whereas the first three parts contain the exposition conducted through 14 märganästhānas (points-of-investigation) of 14 jīvasamāsas. Thus these two parts constitute one independent work even though it has been included in the contents and body of the text Satkhandāgama. Here it is to be noted that the sixth part called Mahabandha contains the exposition of bandhanavidhāna alone from among the four, viz., bandha, bandhaka, bandhaniya and bandhanavidhānau.
According to the statement occurring at the beginning of Vedanākhanda Karmaprakrti is the fourth Prabhrta of the fifth vastu (item) of Agrāyaṇi Pūrva (Book IX, sū. 45, p. 134), and the extensive exposition of that very topic of Karmapraksti is conducted here through 24 points-of-investigation. The comparison of this Satkhandagama account with the one found in the chapters 23-27 of Prajñāpanā makes it clear that the stage represented by the latter is earlier than the one represented by the former. This is again supported by the fact that the niksepa method employed
1. Visayparicaya (substance) of Book IX, p. 1. 2. Visaypırica ya (substance) of Book XIII, p. 1. 3. Book I, Introduction, p. 67.