Gommatasara Jiva Kanda

SR No.: 001612
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Nemichandra Siddhant Chakravarti, J L Jaini
Publisher: ZZZ Unknown
Publication Year: 1927
Total Pages: 438
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Principle, & Canon
File Size: 9 MB

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GOMMATASARA.
अवरुबरि इगिपदेसे जुदे असंखेजभागवड्ढीए।
आदी णिरंतरमदो एगेगपदेसपरिड्ढी ॥ १०२ ॥ अवरोपरि एकप्रदेशे युते असंख्यातभागवृद्धः । आदिः निरन्तरमतः एकैकप्रदेशपरिवृद्धिः ॥ १०२॥
102. The first stage in the innumerable-part-increase (asamkhyáta bhága-vriddhi) is reached by adding one 'spatial unit' (pradesh) to the minimum size. Further than this there is consistently an increase of one spatial unit (in every subsequent size.)
Commentary. The minimum bodily size has innumerable spatial units. From this it grows by four kinds of increase till the size in the second place (i. e. that of fine non-developable air-bodied souls) is arrived at. The increase is of six kinds namely.
1. Infinite-part increase (ananta-bhaga vriddhi). 2. Innumerable part-increase (asamkhyáta bhága vriddhi). 3. Numerable-part-increase (samkhyata bhaga vriddhi). 4. Numerable fold increase (samkhyáta guna vriddhi.) 5. Innumerable fold increase (asamkhyata guna vriddhi. 6. Infinite-fold-increase (ananta-guna vriddhi).
Besides these six, there is also a seventh increase called indescribeable (avaktavya). It operates between the end of one increase and the beginning of another.
Out of these six kinds of increases the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th increases only apply in the increase of size. The first and the last, infinite part and infinitefold increases are out of question since the spatial units of all sizes from the minimum to the maximum are not infinite but innumerable only. The process of the four increases is shown in the following gáthas.
अवरोग्गाहणमाणे जहण्णपरिमिदअसंखरासिहिदे। अवरस्सुबरि उड्ढे जेहमसंखेजभागस्स ॥१०३॥
अवरावगाहनामाने जघन्यपरिमितासंख्यातराशिहिते। - अवरस्योपरि वृद्ध जेष्ठमसंख्यातभागस्य ॥ १०३ ॥