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CHAPTER XXVIII
ON FEEDING
Prajña pană contains a separate chapter on feeding whereas Satkhandāgama mentions āhāra (feeding) as the 14th item in the list of 14 märganästhānas (points-of-investigation).1 This definitely points to the fact that the Jaina theoreticians had recognised the importance of the exposition of this topic since olden days.
There are two sections (uddesas) of this chapter. The first section deals with the topic through eleven dvāras whereas the second one deals with it through 13 dvāras. Let us compare the list of these 13 dvāras with that of 14 mārgaņāsthānas found in Satkhandāgama. Prajñāpanā 1865
Satkhandāgama, Book I, p. 132 1. Ahāra
1. Gati 2. Bhavya
2. Indriya 3. Sañjñi
3. Kaya 4. Leśyā
4. Yoga (9) 5. Drsţi
5. Veda (11) 6. Samyata
6. Kaşāya (7) 7. Kaşaya
7. Jñāna (8) 8. Jñana
8. Samyama (6) 9. Yoga
9. Darsana 10. Upayoga
10. Leśyā (4) 11. Veda
11. Bhavya (2) 12. Śarira
12. Samyaktva (5) 13. Paryāpta
13. Sañjñi (3)
14. Ahāra (1) Out of the 14 points-of-investigation found in Satkhandăgama 10 occur in Prajñāpanā, having indentical names. The first three out of those 14 do not occur in Prajñāpanā list. But the points, viz. śarīra and paryāpti which are mentioned in Prajñapanā are not found among those 14. Satkhandagama mentions jñāna and darśana separately whereas Prajñāpanā mentions jñāna and upayoga separately. We observe here that jñāna and darśana are in fact covered by upayaga and hence there is no need of mentioning jñāna separately. Dīsti is an ancient term for samyaktva and it is used here in
1. Şafkhandāgama, Book I, pp 132, 409; Book III, p. 483; Book IV, pp. 137
308, 486; Book V, pp. 173, 238, 446; Book VII, pp. 24, 112, 184, 236, 243
298, 365, 461, 477, 493, 518, 574; Book VIII, p. 390. 2. Numbers given in brackets refer to Prajñāpanā items.
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