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________________ Sec. II) STUDIES IN THE BHAGAWATI SUTRA 407 and feet well composed and contracted like a tortoise, i.e. control of body and sense-organs. Viviktaśayanāsanasevanata It is the practice of austerity, having indifference to comfortable and discomfortable bed and seat in a lonly place. Internal Austerity Internal austerity is divided into six categories, viz. prāyascitta (expiation), vinaya (moral training or discipline), vaiyāvrtya (service), svādhyāya (study), dhyāna (meditation) and vyutsarga (complete renunciation). Prayascitta It is the expiation of sin committed by anyone for his internal purification so that he may progress in the path of spiritualism. The ten kinds of expiation have already been discussed in this section. Vinaya It is the moral training or discipline in regard to knowledge, right attitude of mind, conduct, activity and general behaviour, attendance or service, etc. There are stated to be seven kinds of Vinaya viz. Jhānavinaya (discipline in knowledge) Darśanavinaya (moral discipline or training in right attitude of mind to truth), Căritravinaya (discipline in conduct), Manavinaya (mental discipline), Vāgvinaya (discipline in speech), Kayavinaya (physical discipline), and Lokopacāravinaya (moral training or discipline in regard to the behaviour of the people). These seven kinds of Vinaya (discipline) are further classified into different divisions according to their respective numbers. Thus Jhānavinaya is prescribed to be of five kinds, viz. Åbhinibodhikajñānavinaya, Srutajatānavinaya, Avadhijñāngvinaya, Manah paryayajñānavinaya and Kevalajñānavinaya. Darsanavinaya is divided into two categories, viz. Sušrūşanāvinaya (moral dicipline in attendance or service) and Anatyā. sātanävinaya (discipline in reverence). There are many kinds Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org
SR No.001615
Book TitleStudies in the Bhagavati Sutra
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorJ C Sikdar
PublisherResearch Institute of Prakrit Jainology & Ahimsa Mujjaffarpur
Publication Year1964
Total Pages686
LanguageEnglish
ClassificationBook_English, Philosophy, & Canon
File Size12 MB
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