Source Book in Jaina Philosophy

SR No.: 001263
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Devendramuni
Publisher: Tarak Guru Jain Granthalay
Publication Year: 1983
Total Pages: 590
Language: English
Classification: Book_English & Philosophy
File Size: 10 MB

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A SOURCE-BOOK IN JAINA PHILOSOPHY
(bondage) 2. Satā (potential states) 3. udvartană (increase in the intensity) 4. apavartană (decrease in the intensity of fruition) 5. sankramaņa (transformation) 6. udaya (rise) 7. udiraņā (premature actualisation) 8. upasamana (suppression) 9. nidhatti (in which there is possiblity of increasing and decreasing the intensity of the fruition of karma but cannot be transformation and premature realisation of karmas) 10. nikacita (absence of increase or decrease or tansformation or premature realisation) 11. abādhākāla, the period of potentiality before actualisation.
1. Bandha-Bandha is bondage in which the kārmic particles envelops the soul and become almost one with the soul just as the mixture of water and milk is indistinguishable. We have already seen the four types of bandha,1
2. Satta-Sattā is a state of the nature of the kārmic particles attached to the soul and they are in the state of potentiality not yet expressed. It is a state of the soul with reference to the karma after the bondage and before the realisation of the karman.
3. Udvartanā-It refers to the increase in the intensity of the experience in the fruits of karma. This variation and increase in the intensity of the fruits of karmı depends upon the variation in the intensity of the emotional states.
4. Apavartană-This refers to the process of decreased realisation and decrease in the intensity experienced with reference to the transformation of sthiti (duration) and anubhāga (intensity of fruition) of karma. Jainas have worked out a complicated scheme of transformation of sthiti and anubhāga of karma. The increased realisation
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(a) Tattvārthasūtra 1, 4, Sarvārthasiddhi. (b) Uttaradhyayana 28. 24 Nemicandriya tīkā. (c) Sthānanga 1, 3, 9 ţikā. (d) Navatattvasāhit yasangraha : saptatattvaprakarana, gāthā 133 (e) Dravyasangrana 2, 32, Nemicandra Siddhānta Chakravarti. (f) Thāņānga 1, 4, 9 tikā. (g) Navatattvasāhityasangraha vrtyādisametar Navatattvaprakara
nam, gāhā 71, ki prāksta avacūrni.