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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So, according to these periods fixed for different items, the monk practised 'kāyotsarga' in which he indulged in the 'dharma-' and 'sukla' types of meditations, avoiding the following faults : (1) Ghodaya
- standing like a horse with one foot raised
up or bending one leg, (2) Latā
- shaking one's body like a creeper, (3) Stambha
taking resort to a pillar, or standing with a
blank mind, (4) Kudya
- taking support of a wall, (5) Māla
- standing on a terrace or touching some
higher object with the head, (6) Sabaravadhū
- pressing the thighs together like the Sabara
bride, (7) Nigada
-- keeping legs wide apart, (8) Lambottara
- standing by bending the body (?), (9) Stanadrsti
— looking at one's breast, (10) Vāyasa
- looking at sides like the crow, (11) Khalina
- making sound of teeth like a bridled horse, (12) Yuga
- standing by stretching the neck like a yoked
bull, (13) Kapittha
- clenching the fists, (14) Śiraprakampita
- shaking the head, (15) Mūkatva
-making facial expressions and signs like the
dumb, (16) Anguli
- counting the fingers, (17) Bhrūvikāra
- contracting or expanding the eyebrows, or
tapping the ground with the foot, (18) Vārunīpāyi
- standing reeling like a drunkard, (19) Alokanam diśānām - looking at all quarters, (20) Grīvonnamana
-stretching out the neck, (21) Pranamana
- bending the body, (22) Nişçhīvana
-- spitting out the cough, (23) Angāmarśa
- touching the body. Avoiding all these faults and practising proper 'kāyotsarga', the monk meditated on right faith (darśana), right knowledge (jñāna), right conduct (cāritra), and on other qualities essential for monkhood.