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[Twelve Angas of the Ganipitaka]
[181 Khama, Ajjava, Maddava, and Soa, along with Saccha, are the seventeen types of Samyama. The highest form of Brahmacharya, Akinchaniya, Tapa, Tyaga, Samiti, and Gupti are also described. The two highest forms of liberation are Appamaya Yoga and Sajjaya-Jñana. The highest form of Samyama, when attained, leads to the destruction of the four types of Karmas. This is achieved through the attainment of Kevala Jnana, the practice of Shraman-Paryaya and Kevali-Paryaya, the renunciation of all possessions, and the liberation from the bondage of ignorance. This Anga elaborates on these and many other concepts in detail.
What is Antakritdasha and what does it describe?
Antakritdasha describes the cities, gardens, Chaityas, forests, kings, parents, Samavasaran, Dharmacharayas, Dharmakatha, worldly and otherworldly powers, renunciation of worldly pleasures, Pravrajya, Shruta-Parigraha, four types of Tapa, various types of statues, Khama, Ajjava, Maddava, Satya, Shouch, seventeen types of Samyama, the highest form of Brahmacharya, Akinchaniya, Tapa, Tyaga, Samiti, and Gupti. It also describes the nature of the two highest forms of liberation, Appamaya Yoga and Sajjaya-Jñana. It explains how the attainment of the highest form of Samyama leads to the destruction of the four types of Karmas, resulting in the attainment of Kevala Jnana. It describes the duration of Shraman-Paryaya and Kevali-Paryaya, the renunciation of all possessions by the Munis, and the liberation from the bondage of ignorance. This Anga elaborates on these and many other concepts in detail.
540 - Antakritdasha contains numerous Parita recitations, numerous Anuyogadwaras, numerous Prattipattis, numerous Vedhas and Shlokas, numerous Niyuktis, and numerous Sangrahanis.
541 - This is the eighth Anga in relation to the Angas. It contains one Shruta Skandha, ten Adhyayanas, seven Vargas, ten Uddeshan Kalas, ten Samuddeshan Kalas, and thousands of words. It contains countless Gam, countless Paryayas, countless Tras, countless Thavaras, and countless eternal and non-eternal, bound and unbound, Jina-Prajnapta Bhavas. These are described, explained, elaborated, exemplified, and illustrated in this Anga. The student of this Anga becomes a knower of the self, a knower of the truth, and a knower of the path.