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A group of living beings is called a Bhutgram. Like Samavayanga, these distinctions are also mentioned in Bhagavati Sutra 159. Among these, seven are insufficient and seven are sufficient. Food, body, senses, breathing, language, and mind are the six sufficient things. In earth etc. one-sense beings, there are four sufficient things. In two-sense, three-sense, four-sense, non-cognizant five-sense, and cognizant human beings, there are five sufficient things. In cognizant Tiryanch, human, hell, and god, there are six sufficient things. The state of a being is insufficient until it has fulfilled all the sufficient things possible for it, and it is sufficient when it has fulfilled them. In this way, fourteen types have been made by combining sufficient and insufficient. After this, there is a mention of fourteen Purvas. Purva Shruta is an infinite storehouse of knowledge. It is extremely unfortunate that this storehouse was destroyed after the death of Shraman Bhagwan Mahavira due to a terrible twelve-year famine and due to memory weakness etc. After that, there is a mention of fourteen Jeevasthanas. Jeevasthan is called 'Gunasthan' in Samyasar 160, Prakrit Panchasangrah 161, and Karmagranth 162. Acharya Nemichandra 163 has called living beings as Gunas. The fourteen Jeevasthanas are born from the states of arising, subsidence, destruction, destruction-subsidence, etc. of karmas. By treating the result and the resultant as inseparable, Jeevasthan is called Gunasthan. In Gommatasar 164, Gunasthan is called Jeeva-Samas. The qualities that arise from the arising of karma are Audayik. The qualities that arise from the subsidence of karma are Aupashimik. The qualities that arise from the destruction-subsidence of karma are Kshayopaashimik. The qualities that arise from the destruction of karma are Kshayik. The qualities that are found naturally without the arising, subsidence, destruction, destruction-subsidence of karma are Parinaamik. Due to these qualities, the living being is also called a Guna. Jeevasthan is called Gunasthan in the literature after Samavayanga. Acharya Nemichandra 166 has considered Sanksepa and Ogha as two synonyms of Gunasthan. Those who are described as fourteen Jeevasthanas in Karmagranth 167 are called fourteen Bhutgrams in Samavay. Those who are called Gunasthan in Karmagranth are called Jeevasthan in Samavay. Thus, there is a difference in name between Karmagranth and Samavay, but not in meaning. In Samavayanga, the basis of the creation of Jeevasthanas is described as karma-purity. Acharya Abhaydev 168 has described Gunasthanas as arising from the purity of Mohaniya karmas. Nemichandra 169 has written - the first four Gunasthanas are due to the arising etc. of Darshanmoha, and the next eight Gunasthanas are born from the destruction-subsidence etc. of Charitramoha. The remaining two are due to the presence and absence of Yoga. Here, the nature of Gunasthanas has been highlighted in brief. In this way, the fourteenth Samavay is a combination of very useful material. The fifteenth and sixteenth Samavay: An Analysis
The fifteenth Samavay describes fifteen supremely unrighteous gods, the height of Nami Arhat's fifteen bows, the two types of Rahu,
Bhagavati Sutra-Shatak 25 Uddeshya-1, p. 350 160. Samyasar Gatha 55 161. Prakrit Panchasangrah 1/3-5 162. Karmagranth 4/1 163. Gommatasar Gatha 7 164.
Gommatasar Gatha 10 165. Padkhandagam Dhavalavritti, Pratham Khand 2-16-61
Gommatasar Gatha 3 167. Karmagranth 4-2 168. Samavayanga Vritti Patra-26 169. Gommatasar Gatha 12, 13
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