Laghutattvasphota

SR No.: 001614
Original Sutra Author: Amrutchandracharya
Author: Padmanabh S Jaini, Dalsukh Malvania, Nagin J Shah
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad
Publication Year: 1978
Total Pages: 308
Language: English, Sanskrit
Classification: Book_English, Religion, & Philosophy
File Size: 17 MB

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vatu vā, tathāpi manusyasyābhilaşitatattvävabodho na svatas tatha darśanābhāvāt/ paraś cet ko' sau paraḥ? tirthakaro'nyo va? tirthakaras cet tatrapy evam paryanuyoge prakṛtam anubandhe / tasmad anavasthā/ ....tathāptenaikena bhavitavyam/ na hy aptānām itaraprāņivad gaṇaḥ samasti, sambhave va caturvimśatir iti niyamaḥ kautuskataḥ.... tattvabhavanayodbhūtam janmāntarasamutthayā/ hitahitavivekāya yasya jñānatrayam param//79// dṛṣṭādṛṣṭam avaity artham rūpavantam athāvadheḥ/ śruteḥ śrutisamāśreyam kvāsau param apekṣatām//80// sargāvasthitisamhāragrişmavarṣātuṣāravat/
anādyanantabhavo'yam aptaśrutasamāśrayaḥ//83// niyatam na bahutvam cet katham ete tathavidhāḥ/ tithitärägṛhambodhibhubhṛtprabhṛtayo mataḥ//84// Yasastilakacampū, chapter 6.
42) See my articles: The Concept of Arhat', Acarya Shri Vijayavallabhasūri Smarakagrantha, Bombay 1956; 'On the omniscience (sarvajñatva) of Mahavira and the Buddha', Buddhist Studies in Honour of I. B. Horner, pp. 72-90, (Reidel Pub. Co.) Holland, 1975.
43) Sixteen conditions are listed for the 'influx' of that karma by which the status of Tirthankara is attained: darśanaviśuddhir vinayasampannată śilavrateşv anaticāro 'bhikṣṇajñānopayogasamvegau śaktitas tyāgatapasi sadhusamadhir vaiyāvṛtyakaraṇam arhadācāryabahuśrutapravacanabhaktir avaśyakāparihāṇir margaprabhāvana pravacanavatsalatvam iti tirthakaratvasya/ Tattvärthasutra, vi, 24. tāny etāni şodaśakāraṇāni samyagbhāvitāni vyastani ca tirthakaranāmakarmāsravakāraṇāni pratyetavyani/ Sarvärthasiddhi, vi, 24.
44) See Jaina Sutras, (tr, Hermann Jacobi) Part 1, pp. 79-88, Sacred Books of the East, vol. XXII.
45) Amṛtacandra enumerates 47 śaktis in the Sarvaviśuddhajñāna chapter of the Atmakhyāti-țikā.
46) For a detailed study of this controversy see Tatia's Studies in Jaina Philosophy, pp. 70-80; Mohan Lal Mehta's Outlines of Jaina Philosophy, pp. 48-52; Pandit Kailashcandra Shastri's Jaina Nyaya (in Hindi), pp. 147-152, Bharatiya Jñanapitha, Benaras, 1966.
47) Viseṣāvasyaka-bhāṣya, vv. 3089-3135.
48) Sanmati-tarka, ii, 30-33. (Nyāyāvatāra and Other Works, p, 180). See Dr. Upadhye's Introduction to this work regarding the affiliation of Siddhasena Divakara with the Yapaniya sect.
49) jugavam vaṭṭai nāņam kevala ṇāṇissa damsanam ca taha/
diņayarapayasatāpam jaha vaṭṭai taha muneyavvam// Kundakunda's Niyamasāra, 160.
50) tarke mukhyavṛttyā parasamayavyākhyānam/ tatra yadā ko'pi parasamay!