Agam 35 Chhed 02 Bruhatkalpa Sutra

SR No.: 002158
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: K C Lalwani
Publisher: Motilal Banarasidas
Publication Year: 1979
Total Pages: 246
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Agam, Canon, F000, F025, & agam_kalpsutra
File Size: 13 MB

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Prescription for the Parjuşaņā
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से किं तं पुप्फ-सुहुमे ? पुप्फ-सुहुमे पंचविहे पण्णत्ते तं जहा—किण्हे गीले लोहिए हालिद्दे सुकिल्ले । अथ्थि पुप्फ-सुहुमे रुक्ख-समाण-वण्णए णामं पण्णत्ते जे छउमथ्थेणं णिग्गंथेण वा णिग्गंथीए वा अभिक्खणं अभिक्खणं जाणियव्वे पासियव्वे पडिलेहियव्वे भवइ । से तं पुप्फ-सुहमे ।
And what is the minute life in flowers ? Minute life in flowers is stated to be of five types which are : black, blue, red, yellow and white. There is minute life in flowers which is stated to take the hue of the tree, and which a monk as well as a nun, not yet advanced, should always, and at all times, know, see and imprint in mind. Such is minute life in flowers.
से किं तं अंड-सहमे ? अंडसुहमे पंचविहे पण्णत्ते तं जहा-उदंसंडे उक्कलियंडे पिपीलियंडे हलियंडे हललोहलियंडे जे छउमथ्थेणं णिग्गंथेण वा णिग्गंथीए वा अभिक्खणं अभिक्खणं जाणियव्वे पासियव्वे पडिलेहियव्वे भवइ । से तं अंड-सुहुमे ।
-What is the minute life in eggs ? Minute life in eggs is stated to be of five types which are : eggs of biting insects, eggs of spiders, eggs of ants, eggs of drones (lizards or wasps ?) and eggs of lizards (chameleons ?), and these a monk as well as a nun, not yet advanced, should always, and at all times, know, see and imprint in mind. Such is minute life in eggs.
से किं तं लेण-सुहुमेर ? लेण-सुहुमे पंचविहे पण्णत्ते तं जहा—उत्तिंगलेणे भिंगुलेणे उज्जुए वालमूलए संबुक्कावट्टे णामं पंचमे जे छउमथ्थेणं णिग्गंथेण वा णिग्गंथीए वा अभिक्खणं अभिक्खणं जाणियव्वे पासियव्वे पडिलेहियव्वे भवइ । से तं लेण-सुहुमे ।
-And what is this minute life in shelters/layers. These are stated to be of five types which are: layers of insects of the asinine variety, drone hives, straight holes, cavities as those widening at the bottom as in the stem of a palm tree and hollows for the snails, and these a monk as well as a nun, not yet advanced, should always, and at all times, know, see and imprint in mind. Such is minute life in shelters/layers.