Chapter on Passion

SR No.: 001602
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: N L Jain
Publisher: Parshwanath Vidyapith
Publication Year: 2005
Total Pages: 358
Language: English, Prakrit
Classification: Book_English, Religion, & Canon
File Size: 13 MB

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Remainder Avali (Ucchiṣṭa Avali): It is the last Avali of karmic duration where there is remainder of karmic drippings left after their fruition earlier.
Over-stepping Āvali (Atisthāpanāvalī): It is the Avali where karmic drippings are not placed in regular positions after attenuation. They may be placed in other positions overstepping the regular ones.
Numerated Avali (Vṛndāvalīî): It is the number of Samayas or their group in an Avali.
Out of the six, almost five of them have been used in KP, sometimes to mean only Samaya units of Avali or in the form of Avali period under specific states as denoted by their names.
The terms 'entry' or 'lead to enter' have been used in many cases (Pravișati, Praveṣati), which generally mean to get the Karmas moved in Avalis where fruition takes place (it is, in fact, fruitional Avali). The terms 'Bandhavali or Acalavali have also been used to indicate induction periods before actual bonding etc.
(e) Some Unexplained Mathematical Terms: There are some specific terms used many times in the text, which indirectly indicate quantities. These terms are Sankhyeya, Asankhyeya, Ananta, Adhika, Hina, Ūna etc. As their current mathematical values have not been given (nor they can be calculated), the descriptions based on them run under a-scientific category leading to some mental inversion about the scientificity (non-quantitativity) of Karma theory. This point requires elaboration by Jaina canonists. The concept of their supra-worldly nature also does not satisfy the current scholar.