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THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE JAINAS.
Human souls are of two kinds :(a) Born in Work-Region. These souls have to work and
to earn their livelihood by following different vocations,
such as military, literary, agricultural and commercial. (6) Born in Enjoyment-Region. These souls live in a condi
tion of life where there is all enjoyment, without any
work, business or effort. Hellish Souls. These souls have to stay in one or other of the seven nether regions, according to the effect of their evil Karmas. They always have a very bad thought-paint, sense perception and transformation. There is no enjoy ment or pleasure at all. (Vide Tatwarthadhigama Sutra, the Sacred Books of the Jainas, Volume II Chapter III Sutras 1 to 6).
Sub-human Souls. Excepting the Human, the Hellish and the Celestial souls, all others from the one-sensed to the five-sensed living beings, are called sub-human souls or Tiryancha.
They are called Tiryancha, from the word Tiryak, crooked, because they adopt crooked thought-activities. They are in a very low position as regards their body, enjoyment, etc., have little know
and have multifarious grave demerits. The fourteen kinds of Sub-human Souls referred to in Gatha 17 are as follows:
(1) Fine One-sensed (2) Gross One-sensed ... | Each of these seven may be Two-sensed
(1) Developable or Three-sensed
(2) Non-developable, . Four-sensed 1 and they are thus divided (6) Irrational five-sensed ... into 14 groups
(7) Rational five-sensed (Vide Gommatsára Jiva Kanda by Mr. J. L. Jaini Chapter II Gatha 72).
Celestial Souls or Devas. They are called Deva, from the root Div to shine, because they always amuse themselves with their heavenly acquisitions and have a shining heavenly constitution, which is technically called Vaikriyika Sharira or Fluid body.
These celestial bodies can assume any form they like. Their body has no flesh, blood, or bone, there are no filthy excretions from it, and it is lustrous. These beings form four groups :
(a) Residential (Bhawan Vási). (6) Peripatetic (Vyantara). (c) Stellar (Jyotishká).
(d) Heavenly (Vaimánika) (Vide Tatwartha-dhigama Sutra by Mr. J. L. Jaini Chapter IV).
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| SR No. | 001624 |
| Book Title | Niyamsara |
| Original Sutra Author | Kundkundacharya |
| Author | Uggar Sain |
| Publisher | ZZZ Unknown |
| Publication Year | 1931 |
| Total Pages | 96 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English, Philosophy, Canon, & Religion |
| File Size | 6 MB |