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The description is similar to 121. This description is very useful for the ascetics who practice celibacy. Lord Parshva's body was nine hands tall. This historical description is also important. In this way, the subjects are presented in the ninth Samvaya.
The Tenth Samvaya: An Analysis
The tenth Samvaya mentions the ten virtues of an ascetic, the ten stages of citta-samadhi, Mount Sumeru's base being ten thousand yojanas in diameter, Lord Arishtanemi, Krishna Vasudeva, Baldeva being ten bows tall, the ten knowledge-enhancing stars, the ten Kalpa trees, the ten thousand Narakas and Devas, the state of ten Palya-upamas and ten Sagara-upamas, and the statement of beings who take ten births and attain liberation.
The first mention in this Samvaya is of the virtues of an ascetic. One does not become an ascetic merely by changing clothes. One becomes an ascetic by adopting virtues. Here, the scholar has mentioned the real life of an ascetic. The life of an ascetic should be fragrant with these ten virtues. The ascetic who adopts these virtues can attain citta-samadhi. Here, ten types of citta-samadhi are mentioned. In Dasashrutaskandha 122, the state of samadhi is also mentioned. Samadhi is that which gives a feeling of mental well-being, and asamadhi is that which gives a feeling of distress in the mind. Here, ten states of samadhi are mentioned, while in Dasha Vaikalika 123, four states of samadhi are mentioned - Vinaya samadhi, Shruta samadhi, Tapa samadhi and Achar samadhi. The ten types of samadhi mentioned here can be included in Achar samadhi. In the study of Samadhi in Sutra Kritanga Sutra 124, the commentator Bhadrabahu 125 has briefly mentioned Darshan, Gyan, Tapa and Charitra as samadhi. The word samadhi has been used many times in the Buddhist tradition as well. There, the meaning of samadhi is the concentration of "citta", i.e. establishing the citta in one object. 126 Samadhi is the eighth path in Buddha's Eightfold Path 127. The texts of the Yoga tradition have elaborated on samadhi. Acharya Patanjali 128 has mentioned samadhi along with dhyana and dharana in the third Vibhutipada. Samadhi is the last in Ashtanga Yoga 129. Tapa, Swadhyaya, Ishwarpranidhan are included in Kriya Yoga. Kriya Yoga suppresses the senses. Through continuous practice of Abhyasa and Vairagya, the ascetic attains Samadhi Yoga. Samadhi Shataka is an important work of Acharya Pujyapada 130. It contains methods of recognizing the self through meditation and samadhi. In this way, the tenth Samvaya contains a collection of important material.
121. Anguttara Nikaya - 7.47
122. Dasashrutaskandha - A. 5
123. Dasha Vaikalika - A. 9 Udde. 4
124. Sutra Kritanga Sutra - 1.10
125. a - Sutra Kritanga Nirukti Gatha - 106
b - Uttaradhyayana Nirukti Gatha 384 Vishuddhimarg 3.2-3
126. Vishuddhi Marg - Part - 2, Chapter 16 p. 121
127. Patanjali Yogadarshan - Vibhutipada
128. Patanjali Yogadarshan - 2 - 29
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