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
6. Whenever the ascetic commences to form an ejectable body, he becomes the sixth stager of non-vigilant restraint. Thus, he is the progenitor and prosessor of the ejectable body.
7. The word 'only' (eva) is given in the aphorism to ascertain the intended meaning regarding the possessor of the ejectable body. It indicates that this body is produced only by the sixth stager and not by any other lower or higher stager. It also indicates that it should not be understood that the sixth stager has only the ejectable body and no other bodies. In fact, he has many other bodies too like the gross body etc.
8. These bodies are distingushed from each other with respect to (at least) fourteen points. These points or properties cover all the distinctive points which have been said earlier or which have not been mentioned before. These points are detailed below:
(i) Each body has its specific name by which it could be distingushed like an earthen pot or fabric.
(ii) Each body has its own characteristic definition to attest its distinctness. For example. the gross body is extensive. The transformable body involves diversification associated with varied prodigies. The ejectable body is meant for ascertaining the nature of fine objects. The luminous body is characterised by white-conch-like radiance. It has two varieties- (a) emanable and (b) nonemanable. The non-emanable luminous body is that which exists inside the body and causes the shining and glow in the gross, transformable and ejectable bodies. The emanable one is that which emanates associated with the soul specepoints from the body of the strong austerite and ferrocious ascetic and surrounds the subject of his wrath and remains there to cook or bake it like the cooking of green grains of Nispavaka (a Karnataka grain) by the fire and returns to body of the ascetic to be absorbed again in it. However, if it stays longer around the subject of wrath (normally a living being), it is reduced to ashes by it. The karman body is a group of karmas serving as the root cause for all the bodies to be formed.
(iii) All the five bodies are distingushed on the basis of their different causes of karmic origination. For example, the gross body is formed due to realisation of physique-making karma of gross body. The trasnformable body is formed due to the realisation of physique-making karma of transformable body. The ejectable body is formed due to the realisation of physique-making karma of ejectable body. The luminous body and the karman bodies are formed due to the realisation of physique-making karmas of luminous body and karman body respectively.
(iv) The different bodies are distinguished with respect to their general possessors such as- (a) gross body is possessed by humans and subhumans (b) trasnformable body is possessedd by the (1) celestials and infernals (2) Some fire-bodied and air-bodied beings and (3) some five-sensed uterine-birthed