History of Jaina Monachism

SR No.: 001727
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: S B Deo
Publisher: Deccan College Research Institute
Publication Year: 1956
Total Pages: 616
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Principle, & History
File Size: 12 MB

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S. B. DEO
If inspite of his inquiries the monk happened to accept ädhäkarmika food with his mind pure and without doubts about it, then he was not taken to be a transgressor of the ideal conduct.166
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(ii) Auddesika (uddesiya):
It was that food which was specially cooked for the monks, etc. besides the normal requirements of the members of a particular family.467 Such food was not to be accepted by the monks.
This auddesika food was divided into 'ogha' and 'vibhäga.' The former was again subdivided into three categories: uddista", kṛta" and karma" ogha. If in a marriage feast (sankhadi), food was prepared on a large scale and if the owner ordered his people to distribute it for achieving merit to those who sought alms, and if a lady offered the food in the same state, then it became 'uddista"; if she added curds, etc. to it, then it became 'krta°; and if she again prepared modakas for such purposes, then that food became 'karma". All these forms were unfit for a monk.
The vibhāga auddeśika was fourfold. Such food as was reserved for the sake of all who came to ask for it was called 'auddeśika'; that which was to be given only to the pakhandins (heretics) was called 'samuddeśa'; that given only to the śramaņas was 'adeśa', and the food offered only to the nigganthas was called 'samãdeya.
Therefore, not accepting food given in charity, or food promised in future, or accepting food after some time so as to allow some period to the householder for the preparation of food, were the rules which a monk had to carry out in order to avoid the fault of accepting auddeśika food.
(iii) Putidoṣa (püïdosa):
According to this,460 the utensils besmeared with unfit articles of food, or transfer of articles from a clean pot to an impure one, such food as was stirred with a ladle besmeared with ädhäkarmika food, and articles of food
So the monk decided to verify whether the field where that rice was grown in Magadha was pure. Thinking that the built road must have been prepared specially for somebody by somebody and hence unfit for the monk, he started by a wrong path to Magadha, lost his way and had to face lot of troubles in the forest along the path. Ibid., 198-200.
466. Ibid., 207-11; story of the monk Priyankara about this.
467. Ibid., 219-42.
468. Ibid., 227-29: These are again divided each into 'uddista",' 'kṛta" and 'karma".' Further subdivisions consist of 'chinna"' and 'acchina" which are again classified into 'dravya', 'kṣetra", 'kala" and 'bhava.' Ibid., 231.
469. Ibid., 243-70.