Jaina Philosophy

SR No.: 001180
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Mohanlal Mehta
Publisher: Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan
Publication Year: 1998
Total Pages: 328
Language: English
Classification: Book_English & Philosophy
File Size: 15 MB

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RELIGIOUS AND PHILOSOPHICAL LITERATURE
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The Sūtrakrtānga is also divided into two section. The first section has sixteen chapters and the second has seven. This Anga mainly deals with the refutation of heretical doctrines.
The Sthānānga consists of ten chapters. Each chapter deals with objects according to their number. The first chapter starts with number 1. It goes up to 10 in the tenth
chapter.
The Samavāyānga, too, deals with objects according to their number. Thus, it continues, in a way, the subjectmatter of the Sthānānga. It enumerates different objects in rising numerical groups up to 1 Koțākoți of Sāgaropamas.
The Vyākhyāprajñapti or Bhagavati is divided into fortyone sections. It discusses all types of topics - philosophical, ethical, epistemological, logical, cosmological, mathematical and the like. It throws light on the lives of Lord Mahāvīra, Gośāla, Jamāli and many others.
The Jñātādharmakathā is divided into two sections. The first section has nineteen chapters. The second section consists of ten sub-divisions which are further divided into different chapters. Various narratives having a moral purpose form its subject matter.
The Upāsakadašā consists of ten chapters giving lives of ten principal lay-votaries (Upāsakas) of Lord Mahāvīra. The vows to be observed by á lay-votary are explained in the first chapter.
The Antakrddaśā is divided into eight sections consisting of ten, eight, thirteen, ten, ten, sixteen, thirteen and ten chapters respectively. It gives lives of some liberated souls.
The Anuttaraupapātikadašā is divided into three sections consisting of ten, thirteen and ten chapters respectively. It gives lives of some persons who after death were born as gods in Anuttara celestial abodes.
The Praśnavyākaraṇa consists of ten chapters. Of them, the first five deal with Asrava (influx of karmic matter) and the