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[Twelve-Anga Ganita-Pitaka]
6 Viprajahta श्रेणिका Perikarma and 7 Chyutachyuta श्रेणिका - Perikarma.
559 - What is the Siddhaseniya Perikarma? Siddhaseniya Perikarma is said to be of fourteen types, such as - Matrukapada, Ekartthakapada, Artha-pada, Path, Akasha-pada, Ketubhuta, Rasibaddha, Ekaguna, Dviguna, Triguna, Ketubhuta-pratigraha, Samsara-pratigraha, Nandyaavarta, and Siddhabaddha. This is the Siddhaseniya Perikarma.
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What is the Siddha श्रेणिका Perikarma? Siddha श्रेणिका Perikarma is said to be of fourteen types, such as - 1 Matrukapada, 2 Ekartthakapada, 3 Artha-pada, 4 Path, 5 Akasha-pada, 6. Ketubhuta, 7 Rasibaddha, 8 Ekaguna, 9 Dviguna, 10 Triguna, 11 Ketubhuta-pratigraha, 12 Samsara - pratigraha, 13 Nandyaavarta, and 14 Siddhabaddha. This is all the Siddha श्रेणिका Perikarma.
560 - What is the Manusya श्रेणिका Perikarma? Manusya श्रेणिका - Perikarma is said to be of fourteen types, such as - Matrukapada to the aforementioned Nandyaavarta and Manusyabaddha. This is all the Manusya श्रेणिका Perikarma.
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561 - The remaining Perikarma are said to be of eleven types. The aforementioned seven Perikarma are according to the Svasamayika (Jain) view, seven are according to the Ajivika view, six are according to the Chatushkanaya view, and seven are according to the Trairasika view. Thus, these seven Perikarma are eighty-three in number, considering the differences in the past and present. This is all the Perikarma.
Discussion - Sanskrit commentators write that the Perikarma have become disconnected from the sutras and their meaning. Of these seven Perikarma, the first six are Svasamayika. And, according to the Ajivikapa-khandaka view, propagated by Goshalak, there are seven types of Perikarma.
According to the Digambara tradition, the Perikarma describes the Karanasutras of mathematics. There are five types of these - Chandra-prajnapti, Surya-prajnapti, Jambudvipa-prajnapti, Dvipa-sagara-prajnapti, and Vyakhya-prajnapti. Chandra-prajnapti describes the moon-related vimanas, lifespan, family, wealth, movement, loss-gain, full eclipse, partial eclipse, quarter eclipse, etc. Surya-prajnapti describes the sun-related lifespan, family, wealth-movement, eclipse, etc. Jambudvipa-prajnapti describes the Meru, Kulachal, Maha-hrada, Kshetra, Kunda, Vedika, forest, etc. related to Jambudvipa. Dvipa-sagara-prajnapti describes the nature of countless islands and oceans, and the specific description of Nandishvara Dvipa, etc. Vyakhya-prajnapti describes the differences, evidence, characteristics, forms, formless, living-non-living substances, etc. of the worthy and unworthy beings in detail.