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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HISTORY OF JAINA MONACHISM
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committed or not, while in the case of the rest of the Jinas, their followers performed 'pratikramana' only when a transgression was done, not otherwise.699 (e) Paccakkhāna :
It was of ten kinds: (1) Anāgata
doing a fast, for instance, earlier than it
should have been done, (2) Atikrānta
doing it later than the decided period, (3) Kotisahita
doing a fast taking into consideration one's
ability for it at that particular time, (4) Nikhandita
doing the fast at proper time, (5) Sākāra
doing different penances like 'kanakāvalī, etc. by paying attention to
different constellations, (6) Anākāra
performing fasts at will, (7) Parimāṇagata
resorting to fasting of varying periodical
magnitudes, (8) Apariseșa
.. practising fasts like the 'caüttha', etc.
lifelong, (9) Adhyānagata
fasting while crossing a forest, etc. (10) Sahetuka
fasting done with a purpose, as, for
instance, for the removal of divine
trouble. The mode of doing the 'pratyākhyāna' was to be pure in four ways. It was to be done in perfect modesty (vinayapratyākhyāna), with the utterance of the formula exactly in the same way, tone, order and sequence as told by the guru (anubhāṣāyuktao), without breaking one's vow under illness, trouble, hard labour, famine or in the forest (anupālanasahita'), and without anger or hatred (pariņāmaviśuddhi).700
(f) Kāüssagga :
It has been explained by the commentator to be the indulgence by a person in auspicious nature of meditation without movement of or attachment to the body. 701
699. Ibid., 7, 114-133. 700. Ibid., 7, 134-49.
701. Ibid.,.comm. pt. I, p. 491—'śarīrasyotsargaḥ parityāgah kāyotsargah sthitasya asinasya sarvăngacalanarahitasya śubhadhyānasya vịttih kāyotsargah'.