Biology in Jaina Treatise on Reals

SR No.: 001656
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: N L Jain
Publisher: Parshwanath Vidyapith
Publication Year: 1999
Total Pages: 210
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Religion, & Biology
File Size: 13 MB

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Biology in Jaina Treatise on Reals
(b) The luminous body also appears due to the austeritic attainment besides other causes. 2. Despite the common character of receivability of sense-objects, the gross body is distingushed from other bodies because it is generated throush uterine and a-sexual birth. It occurs in hurnans and subhumans.
natural transformational body is generated through special bed birth and , thus, stands distingushed from other bodies. It is owned by the hellish and celestial beings. However, the attainmental transformational body is taken as a gross body only generated through uterine birth. It is accidental while the non-attainmental one is by birth only. It may be possessed by some men, animals, and some air-bodied living beings. 4. The ejectable body is accidental only. It is generated due to certain causes among human beings at the sixth stage among the precanon proficient ascetics. 5. The luminous and karman bodies are beginninglessly associated with the living beings. They have pre-birthal, post-birthal and peri-birthal association with the soul. Thus, they are not related with birth or special causes. However, the luminous body has an attainmental variety which could be possessed by the uterine humans only.
The S-version has no aphorism equivalent to 2.48 as they presume that the luminous body is not produced attainmentally like the ejectable or transformable body. However, it is manifest through certain attainments for cursing and beneficiations etc. cited earlier. The TSB mentions its attainmental variety in its commentary. 6. The SS mentions the use of the word 'ca' in 2.47 to indicate the connection of transformable body. However, RV does avoid this point. It seems to indicate the additional factor from the word while implying the above connection indirectly. Alternatively, the word 'ca' may have both the implications.
The transformational body has two varieties- (i) natural and (ii) artificial. The first is the birth-based due to special-bed type birth. It occurs in case of celestials and infernals. It also occurs in certain gross air-bodied beings. The artificial transformable body is created due to super-natural attainments because of special austerities. It is possible in case of certain human beings and animals born of uterine birth. However, the special-cause-based transformation is directly related with gross body. Hence, it has not been seperately mentioned. The same is the case with the birth-based gross air-bodied beings. 8. The SS mentions that the particle 'Api' in 2.48 indicates the connection of 'caused by super-attainment' in 2.47.
The principle of brevity has also been utilised here for this non-ordered treatment.
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